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Romeritos (Dried Shrimp Fritters with Greens)

Name: Romeritos (Dried Shrimp Fritters with Greens)
Total time: 1 h 46 min
Yield: Serves 6 to 8, about 3 fritters per portion
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 115 g pasilla chiles, about 12, stemmed, slit, seeded; reserve 1 tbsp of the seeds; 1 mulato chile, stemmed, slit, seeded; 1 small ancho chile, stemmed, slit, seeded; 40 g sesame seeds, rounded 1/4 cup; 1.2 L water, about 5 cups in all; 1 clove garlic, peeled; 2 whole cloves (spice); 3 black peppercorns; 35 g hulled raw pumpkin seeds, rounded 1/4 cup; 6 tbsp safflower oil; 5 unskinned almonds; 1 dry corn tortilla, torn into pieces; 2 tbsp ground dried shrimp; 1 cup cooked romeritos or finely shredded sorrel; 1½ cups cooked nopales, diced; 225 g potatoes, small seed potatoes or regular ones, in 2 cm dice (about 1 1/4 cups); 20 dried shrimp fritters (tortitas de camarón seco), made ahead; about 3 per portion; sea salt, to taste

A Lenten dish from eastern Michoacán: dried-shrimp fritters, nopales and potato simmered in an unsweetened black mole of pasilla, sesame and pumpkin seed. The mole holds a day ahead and improves on reheating.

YieldServes 6 to 8, about 3 fritters per portion
Hands-on1 h
Total1 h 46 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Mole

115 gpasilla chiles, about 12, stemmed, slit, seeded; reserve 1 tbsp of the seeds
1mulato chile, stemmed, slit, seeded
1small ancho chile, stemmed, slit, seeded
40 gsesame seeds, rounded 1/4 cup
1.2 Lwater, about 5 cups in all
1 clovegarlic, peeled
2whole cloves (spice)
3black peppercorns
35 ghulled raw pumpkin seeds, rounded 1/4 cup
6 tbspsafflower oil
5unskinned almonds
1dry corn tortilla, torn into pieces
2 tbspground dried shrimp

Vegetables and fritters

1 cupcooked romeritos or finely shredded sorreloptional
1½ cupscooked nopales, diced
225 gpotatoes, small seed potatoes or regular ones, in 2 cm dice (about 1 1/4 cups)
20dried shrimp fritters (tortitas de camarón seco), made ahead; about 3 per portion

to tastesea salt

Diet

Pescatarian

Contains

Gluten
Egg
Tree nuts
Almond
Crustacean shellfish
Sesame
Birds' eggs (any)
Shrimp
Pumpkin and squash seeds
Safflower seed
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Prickly pear (cactus fruit)
Nightshades (any)
Potato (white)
Chili peppers
Onion family (any)
Garlic
Black and white pepper
Clove
Chili heat (capsaicin)
Romerito (seepweed)

Taste

Heat
Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Bitter
Richness / fat
Smoke
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Tender-braised

Equipment

Stovetop
Blender

Season

Spring

Occasion

Weekend project
Entertaining
Holiday

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 4
Make-ahead friendly
Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: high
Carbs: moderate
Fat: high
Fiber: high
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: moderate

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Ingredients

Mole

Vegetables and fritters

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