Mexican San Juan De Ulua Shrimp or Oyster Cocktail

by olga

Servings: 1 serving

INGREDIENTS

8 shrimp, cooked and shelled or 8 oysters, raw
1/2 tsp. lime juice
1/2 tsp. Lea & Perrins sauce
1/2 tsp. finely chopped onion
2 drops Tabasco Sauce
2 Tbs. white dry wine
1/2 cup catsup (Some chefs use tomato juice, others use both)
3 Tbs. shrimp juice (for the shrimp cocktail only)
Sliced lime

INSTRUCTIONS

Put the shrimp or oysters in a tall glass, Mix the 7 ingredients, cover with the sauce and serve salt and pepper with heaps of sliced lime. This is one portion.

George C. Booth The Food and Drink Of Mexico

CHEF COMMENTS

(Coctel de Camorones u Ostiones, San Juan de Ulua)

The author says, “In an effort to get a good mix, I sat at my favorite maestro’s booth by the old fort of San Juan de Ulua in Vera Cruz. I did a surreptitious time motion study of his sauce blending, and at the end of the two hours I had eaten four cocktails and had heisted the secret formula.”

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