For the past week or two I’ve been seriously craving watermelon. Then, all of a sudden I got this idea to combine two of my favorite loves, watermelon salad and shrimp ceviche. I was initially really hesitant to do this, but it was soooo worth the risk.
Yesterday I finally found a ceviche worthy watermelon. Later, at the farmer’s market, I discovered something that would really set this plan off – peach balsamic vinegar from The Olive Press.
I… AM… HOOKED.
I could drink this stuff straight! Anyway, this recipe comes just in time to add to a fabulous summer soiree. Enjoy!
Juice of 2 limes
1 Tbsp. peach balsamic vinegar
1/4 of a medium red onion, thinly sliced
1 serrano pepper, finely minced
20 or so medium steamed shrimp, peeled
2 cups watermelon chunks
approx 10 mint leaves, finely chopped
sprinkle of coarse salt
Place lime juice, vinegar, onion, pepper, and shrimp in a dish. Cover and let marinate about 5 minutes. Mix in remaining ingredients and serve.
I hope you don’t really mean raw shrimp?
I believe your thinking the already cooked cold shrimp you buy. Its red, raw shrimp is black and as you don’t heat ceviche that would be getting you pretty sick..
Hi Ashleigh,
Yes, this was made with raw shrimp that were soaked in the lime juice until they turned the color you see in the photo. This post is from a couple of years ago and I have since learned that I was supposed to steam the shrimp to avoid bacteria. Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll update that in the recipe. It was delicious and I didn’t get sick btw. 😉