Acapulco Shrimp Cocktail
From luisascatering 12 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Nothing makes me think more of being on the Mexican seaside as this chilled cocktail; tomato passata, orange & lime juice, red onion, cucumber and a touch of hot sauce, topped with avocado and cilantro.. salud! Read more Note: If you cannot find tomato passata in your grocery store, take plain canned tomatoes (preferably organic) and run them through a sieve or a food mill. See less
Ingredients
- For shrimp: shopping list
- 16 wild gulf shrimp, deveined but keep in shell shopping list
- poaching liquid: shopping list
- water, fresh lime, cilantro, garlic, onion, bay leaf, sea salt and whole black peppercorns shopping list
- For sauce: shopping list
- 1 (11oz) jar Sir Kensignton ketchup (classic or spicy) or other high quality organic ketchup shopping list
- 1/2 a jar of tomato passata shopping list
- juice of one orange shopping list
- juice of 2-3 limes shopping list
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped and RINSED shopping list
- 1/2 an english cucumber, peeled and diced shopping list
- a touch of jalapeno hot sauce shopping list
- water, as needed shopping list
- 1 avocado, cut into cubes shopping list
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, minced (plus extra sprigs for garnish) shopping list
- slices of lime, for garnish shopping list
- mini saltines to serve on side shopping list
How to make it
- Poach shrimp until they turn pink, drain and transfer immediately to a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process and cool them down. Peel the shrimp, saving 1 per person for garnish and coarsley chop the rest.
- Combine all ingredients for the sauce in a large bowl. Adjust seasonings and citrus to your taste, adding water if needed to thin out the sauce. Add the chopped shrimp and minced cilantro. Chill until ready to serve.
- Assemble:
- With 4 cocktail glasses, fill each halfway with shrimp cocktail, some avocado, more shrimp cocktail, then top with avocado and cilantro, and just a little more of the sauce only on top. Garnish each side of the glasses with a whole shrimp. Serve immediately and pretend you are on vacation :-)
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