Prawn gorditas with “return to life” sauce (gorditas de camarónes)
A
gordita is a thick tortilla, cut along the edge to form a pocket so
it may be stuffed with a variety of fillings. This Mexican canapé
recipe is a wonderful and interesting way to serve prawns with a
special pick-me-up sauce. The “return to life” comes from the
bite of the chillies, the sweet young coconut and the fresh lime
juice.
Ingredients
“Return to life” sauce
- 1fresh young coconut
- 3ripe sweet tomatoes
- ½ bunchcoriander
- 1garlic clove, crushed
- 1 tbspolive oil, plus extra to garnish
- 3limes, juiced
- 1 tbspfinely diced red onion
- 1jalapeño chilli, seeded, finely diced
- salt and ground black pepper, to taste
- chopped mint, to garnish
Gorditas
- 300 gprepared masa (see Note)
Prawn filling
- 200 gcooked peeled prawns, roughly chopped, plus 6 cooked peeled prawns sliced horizontally in half
- 1 cupfinely shredded iceberg lettuce
- 3ripe sweet tomatoes
- ½avocado, chopped
- 1 tbspfinely chopped mint
