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LET'S PREPARE CEBICHE DE CAMARÓN AND ECUADORIAN FANESCA


SHRIMP CEBICHE

Ingredients:

1 pound cooked shrimp, peeled and not veins
2 small onions, colorful, sliced super thin
4 tomatoes, sliced
The juice of 10 lemons
Juice of one orange
½ cup tomato sauce
1 bunch of cilantro or coriander, finely chopped
Salt and oil


Preparation:
1. Mix all ingredients and let stand in refrigerator at least an hour.
2. Serve with pepper, crackpots, or patacones canguil




ECUADORIAN FANESCA


Ingredients:
2 pounds of dried cod
6 cups chopped fresh sambo in squares, about 2 ½ lbs. (you can substitute with zucchini)
6 cups pumpkin or squash
2 cups finely chopped cabbage
4 cups cooked and peeled fava beans
4 cups sweet corn husking and cooking
3 cups cooked peas
2 cups cooked white beans
2 cups cooked white beans or bean
2 cups peeled chochos
2 cups cooked rice (cook in plenty of water to make it very soft)
8 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon ground achiote
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon ground pepper
1 cup chopped white onion
1 cup chopped red onion
10 cloves garlic, crushed
2 cups roasted peanuts
12 cups milk
1 cup sour cream
12 oz cream cheese
1 cup cheese (can use feta cheese)
6 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro or parsley
Salt to taste
Companions - slices of boiled egg, fried ripe bananas, cheese, pepper strips or a good Aji criollo, pickled white onions, pies and cakes or wind.


Preparation:

Soak the dried cod for 24 hours, changing water every 6 to 8 hours, the soaking water should be less and less salt, cut the end of soaking cod in medium pieces.
Cook the pumpkin sambo and separately, with only a little water, cook until soft and tender, Cierna licúelos and water until pureed.
Bring to a boil some water with chopped cabbage for about 3 minutes, add cabbage and Cierna the mashed pumpkin and sambo.
Melt butter in a large soup pot and add the chopped onion, garlic, achiote, cumin, oregano and pepper to prepare a rehash, cook until onions are tender, about 5 minutes.
Flatten and add rice to make a thick puree or sauce, add the mashed sambo, pumpkin and cabbage, mix well.
Add 4 cups of milk and beans, corn, white beans and beans, mix well and let simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to avoid burning the ingredients.
Meanwhile, bring to a boil 6 cups of milk with cod, boil for 8-10 minutes.
Add milk and cod to the soup or Cierna just add milk and the milk, keeping the fish for frying until golden brown on each side and serve with the soup at the end. Try the soup and add salt if needed.
Liquefaction of roasted peanuts 2 cups milk, add this sauce to the soup and cook for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
Entre5 and 10 minutes before serving add the fanesca chochos, cream and cheese, stir and mix well to dissolve the cheese.
At the end add the chopped cilantro or parsley, taste and correct the salt.
The fanesca Serve with pieces of fried cod (if not added previously), slices of boiled eggs, fried ripe bananas, cheese, pepper strips or a good Aji criollo, pickled white onions, pies and cakes or wind.

Recipes and pictures taken from Laylita website