One of the hottest new restaurants on Miami Beach is serving up spicy shrimp. That’s what’s cooking, as we grab a Bite with Belkys.
The Chef: Jeremy Ford
The Restaurant: The Matador Room inside the Miami Beach Edition Hotel
The Dish: Shrimp Agua Diablo
Ingredients:
Shrimp
400 g Carolina white shrimp, (or your favorite) peeled, cut in ½ from head to tail, deveined
4 g salt
15 g mint sprigs, bottom 1/3 stem removed, bruised last minute
2000 g boiling water
For the “Agua Diablo”
300 g fresh lime juice
60 g clementine juice
5 g clementine peel, all pith removed
40 g red finger chilies, ½ seeds removed
10 g red habaneros, seeded and ribbed
2g garlic, germ removed
9g salt
Method of Preparation:
Chef Jeremy starts by cutting the shrimp open along the back and taking off the shell, butterfly style.
Put the shrimp in a bowl and add shredded mint- kosher salt…and boiling water. Cover the bowl- swirl the water around and let it sit for about a minute for a light poach.
For the Agua Diablo, add lime juice, clementine juice, seeded red habaneros, red finger chilis, salt, garlic and some clementine peel. Put it all in a blender and blend well.
When it’s done— strain the liquid. Make sure there are no chunks. Cover and let cool in the fridge about an hour.
To Plate:
Chef Jeremy plates the shrimp in a shallow bowl and puts bits of sliced banana on every shrimp. He adds roasted marcona almonds- the agua diablo, some sea salt, a drizzle of olive oil and garnishes with micro cilantro.
Serving suggestion: German Riesling
Serves: 4
Matador Room
2901 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140
786-257-4600
http://www.matadorroom.com/