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OCOPA A LA AREQUIPEÑA

Ingredients:

  • 200 gr. peeled nuts.
  • 6 large yellow hot pepper.
  • 3 garlic cloves.
  • 1 medium-sized lightly fried onion.
  • 1 can evaporated milk.
  • 4 vanilla cookies.
  • ½ kg. shrimps.
  • Fresh marigold leaves.
  • 3 hard-boiled eggs.
  • Olives and lettuce leaves to garnish.
  • 6 cooked and peeled white potatoes

Preparation:

  • Leave hot pepper soaking a day before.
  • In a blender, blend hot pepper with onion, which is previously fried with garlic cloves in enough oil.
  • Remove the shrimp’s tails from their heads. Fry them in a bit of oil and blend them with the rest of the ingredients in order to get a homogeneous and soft cream. Taste and add salt and pepper.
  • Boil the shrimps tails and peel them.
  • On a dish, place the cooked potatoes and the shrimp’s tails. Dress them with sauce. Garnish with hard-boiled eggs cut in halves and olives.


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