Island Ceviche Salad With Pink Pickled Onions Food

ISLAND CEVICHE WITH PICKLED ONIONS

Steps:

• Cut the fish into pieces resembling the size of the scallops. Separately toss the seafood with a little oil and season with salt and pepper.
• In a saute pan over high heat, sear the fish and scallops, about 30 seconds on each side. The middle should still be raw. Work in batches so you don't overcrowd the pan. Place seafood into a glass dish and coat with lime juice. Glass is best, as it won't react with the acid in the juice. Marinate, refrigerated, overnight.
• Remove the flesh from 1/2 a papaya and cut into medium dice. Slice the remaining 1/2 into long strips. Next day, pour off the lime juice and gently fold the drained fish and scallop mixture together with remaining ingredients and diced papaya. Serve with tortilla chips, sliced papaya, and Pink Pickled Onions.
• In a small saucepan, bring the vinegar, sugar, and chiles to a boil. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat. In a plastic container, place the sliced onions and pour the liquid over them. Place the container in an ice bath to cool. Serve chilled with meats and seafood. These are also great on sandwiches.

CRISP PICKLED SILVER SKIN ONIONS

Steps:

• In a large pot, add onions, cover with boiling water and let cool.
• Peel and discard skins and water.
• Rinse onions and return to pot.
• Sprinkle onions with pickling salt.
• Cover onions again with boiling water and let stand for 24 hours.
• Drain and reserve salted water.
• Rinse onions with cold water and return to cooking pot.
• In a separate pot, bring reserved salted water to a boil.
• Pour over onions.
• Repeat this same process for another 2 full days.
• At the beginning of the 4th day, drain and discard water.
• Rinse onions thoroughly.
• In a cooking pot, add sugar, vinegar and spices that are wrapped in a cheese cloth and bring to boil; boil for 2 minutes.
• Pour this liquid over the onions.
• Cover and let sit for 24 hours.
• Drain off liquid, save and reheat.
• Pour this liquid over the onions again.
• Repeat this process for a total of 3 days, which is now the 6th day.
• On the 7th day, which is the last day, drain and reserve the liquid.
• Wash onions thoroughly.
• Reheat the reserved liquid.
• Prepare and sterilize jars.
• Fill jars with onions and pour the hot liquid over the onions in the jars to within 1/4 inch of the top.
• Wipe tops of rims very clean.
• Place prepared lids on top and screw on screw lids just finger tight.
• Place jars in a hot bath in a canner and boil for 5 minutes.
• Remove from bath and place on a towel.
• Cover with another towel to cool.
• Jars are sealed when the tops"pop" and are concave, (turned down.).
• Wipe jars clean, lable and store in a cool, dry place.

CEVICHE SALAD

Steps:

• Combine ingredients, tossing lightly.
• Chill.
• Serve with tortilla chips.

PEPPERED MACKEREL & PINK PICKLED ONION SALAD

Steps:

• Mix together the onion, vinegar, sugar and a pinch of salt. Leave to pickle while you dice the beetroot and roughly chop the nuts.
• Divide the watercress and smoked mackerel between six plates. Scatter over the beetroot and nuts, then top with a cluster of the pickled onions. Whisk the oil into the pickling vinegar, then drizzle the dressing around the outside of each plate.

CEVICHE SALAD

Steps:

• Put fish or shrimp in a bowl and stir in the lime juice.
• Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Stir carefully if using seabass to prevent it from breaking apart.
• Refrigerate for 2-3 hours, serve cold.

GOLDEN CRUNCHY PICKLED ONIONS

Steps:

• To each prepared pint jar add 6 cloves, 6 peppercorns, 1 tsp mustard seed and 1/2 tsp celery seed. Set aside.
• Peel and slice the onions into 1/4″ thick rings. Separate the onion rings carefully and divide among the jars.
• In a large nonreactive saucepan, stir together the vinegar, water, sugar, salt, turmeric and cinnamon over high heat. Heat the syrup to boiling and then allow it to simmer for 2 minutes.
• Pour the hot liquid over the onion rings being sure to leave 1/4″ of headspace. Use a chopstick or skewer to remove air pockets that might be in the jars by running it along the inside wall of the jar. If needed, add more hot syrup to maintain the 1/4″ headspace.
• Process jars in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes. Adjust time according to your altitude.

PERUVIAN CEVICHE WITH PICKLED RED ONIONS

Steps:

• The day before making the ceviche, place sliced onions in a medium saucepan and cover with water; bring to a boil, remove from heat, then strain onions and set aside.
• In the saucepan, combine vinegar, black pepper, cumin seeds, oregano, garlic, sugar, salt and beet; bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 7 minutes.
• Add the onions and simmer an additional 7 minutes.
• Place mixture in a covered container and refrigerate at least one day.
• This makes more than is needed for the ceviche, but the pickled onions can kept up to a month, in the refrigerator, and used in other dishes, like salad, and as a garnish.
• To make the ceviche, place fish in a large glass or other nonreactive bowl; cover with lime juice and allow to marinate for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Drain fish, but reserve 1/4 cup of the lime juice.
• To the fish, add the onion, chile peppers, ginger, oil, cilantro and chile paste; stir in the reserved lime juice.
• Chill thoroughly (I chill overnight).
• Drain ceviche and season to taste with salt.
• Serve in a chilled martini glass, if desired, and garnish with plantain chips or tortilla chips, pickled red onions, and slices of avocado.