Seafood Ceviche And Elote Cafe

SEAFOOD CEVICHE AND ELOTE CAFE

Steps:

• Cut the snapper into very small pieces and mix with the full cup of lime juice.
• Allow to "cook" in the lime juice for 15 minutes or until the fish firms up and turns white.
• In the mean time, combine: 2 T lime juice, olive oil, onion, tomato, salt & pepper, cilantro, avocado, and jalapeños in a bowl and gently mix.
• Drain off and discard the juice and reserve the "cooked" snapper. Fold in the "cooked" snapper into the remaining prepared & combined ingredients
• Serve immediately, ice cold, with crackers or tortilla chips, a wedge of lime and a pickled jalapeño.

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).

GUACAMOLE -- ELOTE CAFE

Steps:

• Cut the avocado in half, remove the pit. Scoop out the flesh into bowl.
• Add the onion, lime juice, cilantro, Salt, pepper and jalapeno and roughly mash all ingredients together.
• Top with garnishes.
• Serve with thick crispy tortilla chips.

SUMMER SEAFOOD CEVICHE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
• Fill a large bowl with ice water, set aside.
• Add shrimp to boiling water, boil until pink then quickly remove and place shrimp in cold water to stop cooking.
• Put squid into boiling water, count to 5 then remove to cold water.
• Put scallops into boiling water, cook 1 minute then remove to cold water.
• Drain seafood and place into a non-metal bowl. Cover seafood with lime juice.
• Refrigerate one hour.
• Drain Rotel tomatoes well in colander.
• In a large glass or plastic bowl, mix together Rotel tomatoes and all other ingredients. Pour seafood, lime juice and all, into the mixture.
• Refrigerate at least 3 hours.
• Serve cold.

CHORIZO - ELOTE CAFE

Steps:

• Make "The Cure" spice rub blend. NOTE: You will be using 2 Tablespoons in this recipe. Store the remaining in an airtight container and use whenever a recipe calls for using a rub for your chicken, duck, rabbit, etc.
• Mix all ingredients together well in a large bowl, kneading as you would for bread dough. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate or uncover to air dry, if you can stand the pungent smell in your fridge. It will allow it to become more flavorful.
• Allow the mixture to be refrigerated for at least 6 hours or as long as 4 days, so the chorizo ripens.
• Cook in a frying pan, drain off the excess fat. (*Save the fat for making your own refried beans).