Vegetable garnish - carrots, celery, lettuce and shrimp

Vegetable Garnish,
Carrots, Celery, Lettuce, Shrimp
source: recipe and photograph created by www.finedinings.com

Serves 1

1 cucumber, unpeeled, sliced thinly lengthwise
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 - 4-inch celery match stick, with leaves
2 - 3-inch carrot match sticks, peeled
1 lettuce (or spinach or arugula) leaf
1 frozen cooked shrimp thawed, tail intact (51 - 60 count)

Discard the first and last cucumber slice. Lay a cucumber slice on a flat surface, sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.

Make a bouquet with celery, carrots and lettuce; place at one end of cucumber slice crosswise; roll up, fasten with a toothpick, stand upright, add a shrimp on top and serve as a vegetable garnish for each individual plate.

Wine Recommendation: Pinot Gris