Shrimp Pâté on Crostini

Ingredients

• 1  baguette 
• 0.5 cup butter softened
• 3 ounce cream cheese softened
• 3 small cucumbers sliced
• 0.3 cup basil fresh chopped
• 0.3 cup parsley fresh chopped
• 4  garlic cloves pressed
• 0.5 teaspoon ground pepper red
• 2 teaspoons fines herbes 
• 3 tablespoons juice of lemon 
• 0.5 cup mayonnaise 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 2 pounds shrimp fresh unpeeled
• 6 cups water 

Equipment

• baking sheet
• oven
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a Dutch oven; add shrimp, and cook 3 to 5 minutes or just until shrimp turn pink.
2. Drain; rinse with cold water. Peel shrimp; devein, if desired. Coarsely chop shrimp. Toss with lemon juice.
3. Combine butter and cream cheese.
4. Add mayonnaise and next 6 ingredients; fold in shrimp mixture.
5. Spoon into a lightly greased 4-cup mold or an 8- x 4-inch loafpan; cover and chill 8 to 10 hours.
6. Cut baguette into 1/4-inch-thick slices, and place on a baking sheet.
7. Bake at 350 for 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Cool on wire racks.
8. Unmold pt, and spread on baguette slices; top with cucumber.