Tembleque With Mango Kumquat Relish Food

TEMBLEQUE WITH MANGO-KUMQUAT RELISH

Steps:

• Rinse six 6-ounce ramekins under running water. Place on a baking sheet; set aside.
• Place 3/4 cup coconut milk and cornstarch in a small saucepan; stir until cornstarch is dissolved. Add remaining coconut milk, sugar, orange blossom water, and salt. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly.
• When mixture starts to thicken, reduce heat and continue cooking until it coats the back of a spoon, 8 to 9 minutes. Immediately pour mixture into prepared ramekins. Refrigerate, covered with plastic wrap, until cooled completely and set, at least 3 hours.
• Invert each ramekin onto a serving plate. Top each tembleque with mango-kumquat relish and garnish with a mint leaves. Serve immediately.

MANGO-KUMQUAT RELISH

Steps:

• Place rum, sugar, star anise, cinnamon, and cloves in a large heavy-bottomed saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil and cook, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Reduce heat to medium and let simmer for 5 minutes. Add mangoes and kumquats and continue simmering for another 5 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer to refrigerator until chilled.

SPICY MANGO RELISH

Steps:

• Peel mango using a vegetable peeler. Continue to use the peeler on the flesh of the mango down to the pit, creating thin slices of mango. Stack the mango strips and slice into thin strips; cut crosswise to make very finely diced mango. Transfer mango to a small bowl.
• Stir cilantro, Asian chile pepper sauce, rice vinegar, and salt into mango.

JAMES'S COCONUT CURRY SHRIMP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add shrimp, and season with salt and pepper. Cook until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Add basil, Scotch bonnet pepper, garlic, and onion, stirring shrimp to coat. Remove skillet from heat, and add wine. Return to heat, and add curry sauce and coconut milk. Cook, stirring until the sauce coats the back of a spoon, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Place 3/4 cup of rice in each coconut half. Place 4 shrimp on each rice mound, and top with coconut curry sauce. Garnish with fried plantain chips and fried ginger, if desired. Serve immediately.