Dragon Fruit, also called Pitaya, is a fruit of a type of cactus, original to Central and South America, and now also grown in Asia. This beautiful fruit can have red or yellow skin and either red or white flesh inside. It has a very mild sweet taste, a blend between a flavor of a pear and a kiwi.
I have been on a lookout for dragon fruit ever since I read about it on Me Hungry's Weird Food Wednesdays post, and got it as soon as I saw it in my store. I decided to pair the dragon fruit with avocado and shrimp for a savory crêpe filling. The lime tequila cream sauce brought all of the flavors together nicely.
Ingredients: (approx. 8 crêpes)
crêpes
2/3 cup buckwheat flour
1/3 cup all purpose flour
3 large eggs
1 1/3 cups milk
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 teaspoon salt
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
filling
1 avocado, peeled, cut up in chunks
1 dragon fruit, peeled, cut up in small chunks
24 shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 cup tequila
1/3 cup cream
1 tablespoon lime juice
2 tablespoons butter
Salt, pepper to taste
Directions
crêpes
In a large bowl, combine flour, eggs, milk, butter, sugar, salt, and lemon zest using electric mixer until smooth.
Spray nonstick skillet with vegetable oil spray and heat over medium-high heat.
Pour 2/3 of the scoop of batter into pan and turn the pan gently to spread the batter around the whole pan. Cook until edge of crêpe turns light brown, about 1 minute. Loosen edges gently with spatula and turn crêpe over. Cook until bottom begins to brown in spots, about 30 seconds. Transfer to plate and cover with foil. Repeat with remaining batter, spraying pan with oil spray as needed and keeping the crêpes warm.
filling
Sprinkle shrimp with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a skillet and saute shrimp for about 2 minutes per side, until cooked through. Put aside and keep warm.
To a saucepan add tequila and bring to boil and cook it for several minutes to reduce by half. Add cream and lime juice and simmer for a few minutes. Swirl in butter and cook, stirring frequently, until butter is melted.
assembly
Place 3 shrimps on each crêpe along with generous scoops of dragon fruit and avocado, dividing equally between the servings. Pour tequila lime cream sauce over the filling. Fold the crêpes in half or fold the edges on all sides and close to form a square.
