Ceviche De Calamari Food

ECUADORIAN SHRIMP CEVICHE {CEVICHE DE CAMARóN}

Steps:

• Soak the onion slices in salt water for about 10 minutes, rinse well and drain.
• Mix all the ingredients together in large bowl and let it sit in the fridge for 1 to 2 hours.
• Serve with chifles (fried green banana or green plantain chips) or patacones (thick fried green plantains).

BAY SCALLOP CEVICHE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine the scallops, 1/2 cup of the lime juice, and 1 teaspoon salt and set aside at room temperature for exactly 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• In a separate bowl, combine the cucumbers, shallots, scallions, avocado, bell pepper, parsley, jalapeno pepper, and garlic. In a glass measuring cup, whisk together the remaining 1/4 cup lime juice, 1/4 cup olive oil, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and the Sriracha. Pour over the vegetables and combine.
• When ready to serve, lift the scallops out of the lime juice with a slotted spoon (discard the liquid) and add them to the vegetable mixture. Stir well and spoon into the lettuce leaves for serving.

CEVICHE

Steps:

• In a large glass bowl, combine the fish, lime juice and onion. The juice should completely cover the fish; if not, add a little more. Cover with cling film and place in the fridge for 1 hr 30 mins.
• Remove the fish and onion from the lime juice (discard the juice) and place in a bowl. Add the olives, chilies, tomatoes, coriander and olive oil, stir gently, then season with a good pinch of salt and sugar. This can be made a couple of hours in advance and stored in the fridge. Serve with tortilla chips to scoop up the ceviche and enjoy with a glass of cold beer.

MEXICAN CEVICHE

Steps:

• Place shrimp in a bowl (You may either coarsely chop the shrimp, or leave them whole, depending on your preference.) Add lemon, covering shrimp completely. Cover, and refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until opaque and slightly firm.
• Add tomatoes, onions, cucumber, radishes, and garlic; toss to combine. Gradually add cilantro and jalapenos to desired taste (jalapeno will grow stronger while marinating). Stir in tomato and clam juices to desired consistency. Cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour. Serve chilled with tortilla chips.

CEVICHE DE CALAMARI

Steps:

• Remove tentacles from Calamari and deep fry with pineapple. Cut Calamaris in half and score the surface of one side. Marinate Calamari in 1/2 the lime juice and 1/4 of olive oil. We are going to briefly sear the Calamari about 30 seconds on each side after marinating and then we will need to put chill them. The rest of the Ceviche ingredients you are going to assemble together in a bowl. Cut flesh of half the Avocado into thumbnail sized pieces. Put in bowl last. After Calamari have been seared put in to Ceviche mix with the juice you marinated it in and gently mix and put in chiller. In the mean time slice and core the pineapple. Prepare the batter by mixing egg and then adding flour a little at a time until batter is a little too thick for coating. Add some coconut milk until the batter clings to the pineapple and not to run but also not to bunch up. Correct seasoning with salt and pepper. Coat the pineapple with batter and quickly dip one side into sliced almonds and immediately into deep fryer. You want to coat about 40% of the pineapple with the almonds on one side. There is no need to do both sides and no need to try and completely cover the pineapple. These will fry quickly, pull out of oil when golden brown. When done quickly batter the calamari tentacles and fry off till they rise to top of oil and are also golden brown. Honey drizzle: Put 1/2 cup honey in pot and warm on top of stove with a little of the wine you may be serving or some of the coconut milk. Add a few sprigs of fresh thyme to mixture. You are going to let this mixture steep. Pineapple slice on bottom, Ceviche in center of Pineapple slightly mounded with larger pieces of Calamari in center. Sprinkle on a few of the thin sliced or shaved almonds and drizzle ceviche with honey mixture. Be sure to drizzle plate with some of the honey Use fried pieces of Calamari tentacles if your intuition tells you they are needed.

CALAMARI MEDITERRANEAN

Steps:

• In a hot saute pan add the oil, garlic and calamari.
• Saute for 1 min then add the capers, cumin, red pepper flakes, chopped ancho chili and diced tomatoes. Cook for another minute.
• Add the white wine and lime juice and then simmer for 4 minutes.
• Finish by adding the chopped parsley, salt and butter.
• Reduce until sauce thickens.
• Serve with French bread.

CILANTRO SEAFOOD CEVICHE

Steps:

• Cut shrimp and squid into small bite size pieces.
• Place meat in a large bowl and pour in the lime juice (meat should be completely covered with the lime juice).
• Cover and let soak in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours or until the meat is tender and white (The whiteness of the meat will tell you that it has cooked in the acid).
• Add cilantro and tomatoes and mix well.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Place in a sealed container and chill.
• Serve cold alone immediately or let soak for more flavor.
• The recipe keeps refrigerated in sealed container for 3-4 days.
• Note: If you are squeamish about eating seafood cooked in mere acid (like my mom is), you may use half-cooked, blanched seafood in this recipe instead of uncooked seafood (The result will not be as tender a meat, but I have tried both, and the results are comparable).

CEVICHE DE PESCADO

Steps:

• 1. Cut the fish into strips 1 1/2 inches long by 1/4 inch wide. Soak the strips in lightly salted water for 1 hour to tenderize. Drain well.
• 2. Put the fish in a bowl and fold in the lime juice carefully. Add the salt, garlic, and aji and refrigerate for 15 to 20 minutes.
• 3. Just before serving, mix in the parsley, cilantro, and onion.
• 4. To serve, line a bowl or large platter with the lettuce. Place the ceviche in the center. Surround it with 3 separate mounds: corn pieces at the top of the platter, sweet potato slices on one end, yucca on the other. Garnish with the seaweed, if using.