Coconut shrimp with calypso punch relish

Yield: 6 Servings

Measure Ingredient
2 pounds Shrimp-large w/ tails
½ cup Cornstarch
\N \N Peeled and deveined
1 tablespoon Curry powder
4 \N Eggs -- large
4 cups Bread ccrumbs -- fine
½ cup Honey
2 cups Coconut-unsweetened
\N \N Shredded
2 teaspoons Cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon Orange zest -- grated-thin
\N \N Top
½ teaspoon Tabasco sauce
\N \N Layer of orange peel
1½ cup Flour, all-purpose --
\N \N Sifted
5 cups Canola oil -- about
\N \N CALYPSO PUNCH RELISH-----
1 cup Pineapple, fresh -- diced
\N \N Fine
1 tablespoon Ginger, fresh -- minced
1 cup Orange segments -- diced
\N \N Fine
1 tablespoon Mint, fresh -- minced
½ cup Jicama -- finely diced
1 tablespoon Jalapeno chili, minced --
\N \N Opt
¼ cup Red Onion -- finely diced
1 tablespoon Honey
1 tablespoon Lime juice -- fresh
\N \N Salt to taste

Wash and dry shrimp and set aside. Beat eggs, honey, cayenne pepper, and hot sauce together. When well beaten, pour into a shallow bowl. Combine flour, cornstarch and curry powder in a shallow bowl. Then, combine bread crumbs, coconut, and orange zest in a third bowl. Dip each shrimp into egg mixture, them the flour mixture. Again dip into the egg mixture and finally in the coconut bread crumbs. Set aside. Heat oil to 325 degrees in a deep fry pan over medium high heat. When temperature is reached, add coconut shrimp a few at a time and fry for about 3 minutes or until personal service : 08/30/92 8:02 PM Calypso Punch Relish: Combine all ingredients in a non-reactive bowl. Cover and allow to marinate 30 minutes before serving. Adapted from "Hot!" by Judith Choate. Published in TimesDaily (Florence, Alabama) Wednesday, August 26, 1992. Formatted by Mary Dishongh Bowles.

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