Name: Tropical Shrimp (Camarones Tropicales)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: 2½ cups diced pineapple; 2½ cups chopped onion; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice; Half of a pineapple, hollowed out for display (optional); 1 teaspoon pepper; ¾ can (about 4 ounces) tomato paste; 2 tablespoons salted butter; 2 teaspoons salt; 3 cloves garlic, sliced; 1½ cups medium shrimp, peeled, tails intact

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Taste of Cuba

By Cynthia Carris Alonso

Published 2018

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Ingredients

¾ can (about 4 ounces) tomato paste
2 tablespoons salted butter

Method

Combine the tomato paste in a bowl with 1½ cups water and stir well to dilute it. Set aside.

Melt the butter in a large frying pan over medium heat, add the shrimp, and sauté just until they start to turn pink, about 1 minute. Add the onions, garlic, salt, pepper, and lime juice and cook, stirr