Mexican San Juan De Ulua Shrimp or Oyster Cocktail
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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 tbsp. | white dry wine | | 1/2 cup | catsup (Some chefs use tomato juice, others use both) | | 3 tbsp. | shrimp juice (for the shrimp cocktail only) | | Sliced lime |
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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
Author's 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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