Latin-Fusion Recipes

Mexican Style Ceviche

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Mexican style Ceviche
 
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Don't you dare to go through the summer with out trying this refreshing Mexican Style Ceviche recipe by Chef Michelle Bernstein. It's simple, healthy and delicious!
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Latin
Serves: 5
Ingredients
  • 1 pound fresh white fish like snapper, grouper or corvina
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
  • Juice of 3 limes
  • ½ Serrano pepper, sliced thin with a mandolin
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 8 cloves of garlic, sliced paper thin with a mandolin
  • 1 beefsteak tomato, cut into julienne strips
  • ¼ red onion, julienne fine
  • ¼ cup cilantro with stems, rough chopped
  • 2 avocados, peeled and diced
  • *Serve with tortilla chips
Preparation
  1. Cut the fish in ¼ - ½ inch pieces and place in a medium size bowl. Add the salt and mix. Add the lime juice and Serrano pepper into the fish, place in a cooler.
  2. Heat the oil in a sauté pan on medium heat, add the garlic shaking the pan until golden brown, immediately remove the garlic from the pan onto a paper towel and allow the garlic and oil to cool to room temperature.
  3. Remove the ceviche from the cooler. Mix in the tomato, onion, cilantro, 1 tablespoon of the cooled oil and the garlic chips. Season to taste with salt if necessary. Top with diced avocado and serve with tortilla chips.
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Guava Cheese Empanadas

Guava Cheese Empanadas
 
Empanadas are pastries filled with either meat, seafood, or cheese. This recipe includes Guava paste with cream cheese - a classic Cuban combination. It is sweet and flavorful - perfect for breakfast, dessert, or a sweet snack!!
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Recipe type: Snack, Appetizer, Dessert
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients
  • Frozen empanada disks 1 Pack
  • 1 package of low fat softened cream cheese 12 Oz.
  • 1 can of guava paste cut into small cubes 16 Oz.
  • Vegetable oil
  • Powdered sugar
  • bowl with water
Preparation
  1. Take each empanada disc and place a piece of your guava paste in the middle, then spoon a teaspoon of cream cheese on top. Fold the empanada in half to create a half moon shape.
  2. Dip your finger in water and wet the rounded side of your half moon. Using a fork, press on the round part to seal in your filling. Continue to do for the rest of your empanadas.
  3. Heat a large PTFE Nonstick saute pan or caldero and add oil to coat the whole pan.
  4. Once heated, add 2 or 3 empanadas, so they fit side by side. Cook on one side until golden brown then flip to do the same on the other. Once the empanada “bubbles” up, place on a platter lined with paper towel to let cool and soak up any excess oil.
  5. Sprinkle powdered sugar and serve warm

Mexican Beer Battered Tempura

Mexican Beer Battered Tempura
 
Tempura is the quintessential Japanese deep fried dish. We put a twist on it using Mexican beer to add a unique flavor. Try frying shrimp, sweet potato, red pepper, and asparagus!
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Recipe type: Appetizer, Snack, Lunch, Dinner
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients
  • bottle of cold Mexican beer, such as Corona or Dos Equis 1
  • flour, plus more for flouring 1 cup
  • salt 1 teaspoon
  • large raw shrimp 6
  • small sweet potato 1
  • small red pepper 1
  • asparagus spears 6
  • vegetable oil for frying 1.5 quarts
  • Tempura sauce or dumpling sauce for dipping
Preparation
  1. In a bowl mix 1 cup beer into flour. Then add enough beer until batter is smooth and lightly coats a spoon. There will be lumps. Mix in salt.
  2. Make several shallow cuts across the inside curve of each shrimp and press shrimp gently to help prevent curling.
  3. Flour vegetables pieces and shrimp and set aside.
  4. Heat oil in IMUSA wok until it reaches 375° F.
  5. Working in small batches, dredge each vegetables piece until they are completely coated, and place in IMUSA wok, turning often, until golden, about 2-3 minutes. Place on drip tray. Dredge shrimp last and fry until golden brown, about 3 minutes.
  6. Serve tempura with dipping sauce right away.
  7. Note: You may use many other sliced vegetables for this recipe including mushrooms, zucchini, yellow squash, carrots and turnips.
 

Granny Smith Guacamole

Granny Smith Guacamole
 
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Whip up a batch of this delicious Granny Smith Guac for your friends and be sure that they'll be begging you to share the recipe. Its very easy to prepare and most importantly very yummy!
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Cuisine: Latin Fusion
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
  • 3 ripe Avocados, halved and pitted
  • ½ cup finely chopped Vidalia onion
  • ½ cup snipped fresh cilantro
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • Bottled hot pepper sauce, to taste
  • 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
  • Kosher salt or table salt, to taste
  • Assorted dippers (such as baked fruit crisps, apple chips, and/or tortilla chips)
Preparation
  1. Scoop avocado flesh into a bowl; add the onion, cilantro, lime juice, and hot pepper sauce. Mash with a fork until it reaches the desired consistency. Stir in apple and season with salt to taste. Serve with assorted dippers.

Tiramisu Trifle with Espresso Chocolate Sauce

Tiramisu Trifle with Espresso Chocolate Sauce
 
Ladyfingers dipped in espresso, layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with chocolate sauce, you will fall in love with this traditional Italian dessert!
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients
  • 2 14oz packs of Italian lady fingers (crunchy)
  • 1 c of granulated sugar
  • 1 t vanilla extract
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 3 eight ounce containers of mascarpone cheese
  • ½ c. heavy whipping cream
  • 1 cup freshly brewed espresso hot or warm
  • ½ cup of condensed milk
  • ½ cup Kahlua liquor
  • 2 T unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¾ cups bittersweet or semisweet chocolate curls
  • 4 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
Preparation
  1. In a large heat proof glass bowl beat egg yolks and sugar for 5 minutes on medium to high speed. Place bowl over a pot of simmering water and continue beating until the mixture doubles in size. Remove bowl from heat and add the containers of mascarpone cheese and continue beating until very smooth. Place bowl in the refrigerator to chill.
  2. In a separate bowl, beat heavy cream with 2 T of sugar until stiff peaks form. Fold the whipped cream mixture into the bowl of the cheese mixture and chill.
  3. In a shallow casserole dish combine ¾ c of the espresso, ¼ c of the Kahlua and the condensed milk. Dip the lady fingers in this espresso mixture one at a time and layer in the bottom of a trifle dish or any decorative dish you desire. Top first layer of lady fingers with a third of the cheese mixture. Repeat this process one or two more times depending on the size of you dish finishing with the cream. Sift the cocoa powder over the top layer of cream and top with the chocolate curls. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours in a trifle dish or 8 hours if slicing from a rectangular vessel.
  4. For the sauce:
  5. Right before serving, and in a medium saucepan bring the remaining ¼ cup of espresso and ¼ c of Kahlua to a boil over medium high heat. Remove from heat and add the 6 ounces of semisweet chips. Allow to stand 3 to 5 minutes until melted. Stir well until very smooth. Serve immediately with the Tiramisu- on the side
 
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