Mediterranean Mixed Grill
- 16 jumbo shrimps, peeled and deveined
- 1 1/2 pounds fresh tuna, in 16 1 1/2-inch cubes
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon finely minced fresh coriander
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 chorizo sausages
- 2 sweet red peppers, cut in 24 1 1/2-inch squares
- 1 lemon, quartered
- Put the shrimp and tuna in a shallow dish.
- Beat the lemon and oil together with the cumin and coriander.
- Season with salt and pepper and pour over the seafood, turning the seafood to coat it.
- Put in the refrigerator to marinate 30 minutes.
- Put 16 12-inch wooden skewers in water to soak.
- Saute the chorizo in a skillet until lightly browned.
- Remove from the skillet and set aside to cool.
- Cut in quarters.
- Preheat a grill.
- Holding two skewers about half an inch apart, thread each pair of skewers with a shrimp, a piece of pepper, a piece of tuna, a piece of chorizo, piece of tuna, a piece of pepper and a shrimp.
- Repeat, threading eight skewers.
- Grill the brochettes until the shrimp are cooked and lightly charred and the tuna is cooked on the outside but still rare within, about 10 minutes.
- Serve at once with lemon wedges.
jumbo shrimps, fresh tuna, lemon, extravirgin olive oil, ground cumin, fresh coriander, salt, chorizo sausages, sweet red peppers, lemon
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/4893 (may not work)