Mexican ceviche
Ceviche is typical of South American cuisine, made with avocados, tomatoes and fish fillet cured in lime juice. This is a personal version of Mexican-style ceviche.
Last modified on: October 13th 2010
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200 g fish fillet
2 tablespoons 
1 tablespoon vinegar
5 drops Tabasco
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| Preparation | Resting | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 9 min. | 2 hours | 3 hours 9 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 15 min.
Shred 200 g fish fillet, using a fork like in this short video.
Stage 2
Do this for all the fish.
Stage 3 - 2 hours
Put the fish in a bowl and pour over it juice of 2 limes, salt and pepper.
Cover with plastic film and put in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
Cover with plastic film and put in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
After this time, put the fish in a strainer and leave to drain. Discard lime juice that drains off.
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Stage 6 - 20 min.
Peel tomatoes, cut into small dice. Salt and leave to drain in a strainer.
Peel, wash and chop onion.
Peel, wash and chop onion.
Stage 7 - 2 min.
In a bowl put the drained tomato dice, chopped onion and 1 bunch fresh coriander (cilantro) chopped.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Add 1 tablespoon vinegar and 2 tablespoons olive oil, mix well. Check seasoning.
Stage 9
Put a ring in the centre of the serving plate, and put a layer of avocado in the bottom.
Stage 10
Then add a layer of fish.
Stage 11
Finish with a layer of tomatoes.
Refrigerate until serving.
Refrigerate until serving.
Stage 12 - 15 min.
Remove the ring just a few minutes before serving.
Stage 13
If you don't have a ring, you can use achieve a pleasing result by arranging in a glass.
Remarks
If you don't have coriander, use chives or parsley instead.
By all means make smaller tomato dice than in the photo, your ceviche will be better and more attractive.
By all means make smaller tomato dice than in the photo, your ceviche will be better and more attractive.
Keeping
Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.
Source
After Fred Chesneau.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 880 Kcal or 3,684 Kj | 40 gr | 45 gr | 60 gr |
| 44 % | 16 % | 4 % | 9 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 78 Kcal or 327 Kj | 4 gr | 4 gr | 5 gr |
| 4 % | 1 % | <1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 220 Kcal or 921 Kj | 10 gr | 11 gr | 15 gr |
| 11 % | 4 % | 1 % | 2 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 3.87 €
- Per person : 0.97 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Fish fillet: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: "Land and sea" kebabs, Fisherman's Ragout, Crunchy little pieces of fish, Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, Fish fillet in express cooking envelope, ... All |
 | Tabasco: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Green avocado salad, Mexican salad, Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , Guacamole, Verrine of avocado mousse and crab, ... All |
 | Lime: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken club sandwich, Green avocado salad, Flambéd bananas , 4 pears salad with vanilla, "Land and sea" kebabs, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin Parmentier, Pizza dough, Melt-in-the mouth meat and vegetables in a sealed casserole, Pan-fried fish fillets, braised cabbage with Noilly Prat, Home-made chilli oil, ... All |
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