Walnut Ceviche
DESCRIPTION
Walnuts replace fish in this fresh tangy and slightly spicy dish. Serve with crunchy plantain chips, or even tortilla chips.
Ingredients
Ceviche Sauce
- 1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 cup yuzu juice
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Aji Amarillo paste
- 1 tablespoon tamari soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
Walnut Ceviche
- 2 cups California walnuts, broken into bite-size pieces
- 1 cup peeled, seeded and diced cucumber
- 3/4 cup peeled and diced mango
- 1/4 cup finely diced green jalapeno pepper
- 1/4 cup finely diced red jalapeno pepper
- 1/4 cup seeded and finely diced tomato
- 1/4 cup finely diced red onion
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh cilantro
- Tajin seasoning and additional sliced cilantro(optional garnishes)
- Plaintain chips
Preparation
- Stir together all ceviche sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
- Drop walnuts into a pot of boiling water; stir and cook for 1 minute. Remove with a slotted spoon and drop into a bowl of ice water. Drain well.
- Stir together walnuts, cucumber, mango, peppers, tomato, onion and cilantro in a medium bowl, then stir in Ceviche Sauce. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- If desired, wet the rims of eight small glasses and dip in Tajin spice. Spoon 1/2 cup of finished ceviche into each glass and garnish with cilantro. Serve with plantain chips.
- RECIPE TIPS:
- Red jalapeno peppers are simply ripe green jalapenos. If you can’t find the red variety, simply substitute green.
- Meyer lemon juice or lime juice may be substituted for the yuzu juice.
- 1 1/2 tablespoons of minced habanero and bell pepper may be substituted for Aji Amarillo paste.