Date Night in Ecuador
| Description | Ecuador has an amazing variety of ingredients, from tropical fruits to root vegetables, reflecting the extraordinary diversity of its geography and climate. We start this meal with an Ecuadorian coastal favourite, refreshing citrus-marinated prawn ceviche complemented by a delicious tomato chilli sauce called aji de tomate. For the main we head to the highlands with pork cooked in annatto oil and spices, served with a variety of traditional accompaniments: potato cakes called llapingachos, pickled onions and avocado. Finally, we’ve got figs in a dark sugar syrup (dulce de higos in Spanish) which are traditionally served with fresh cheese, ricotta being the best substitute you can find here. |
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| Spices Included | Pork Ground Spices: cumin, black pepper, coriander leaf, Mexican oregano, garlic, pasilla chilli, onion Annatto Seeds: annatto Syrup Spices: cinnamon, allspice, cloves Llapingachos Blend: chives, onion, black pepper Garlic Salt: garlic, salt Prawn Spices: coriander leaf, black pepper, red bell pepper, guajillo chilli, amchur Aji Blend: birdseye chilli, red bell pepper May contain CELERY, MUSTARD and SESAME. Allergens are listed in CAPITALS |
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Product Rating (9):
We had a great meal for my birthday. The flavours were fantastic
This was really good :)! I was really interested to use annatto seeds as I’ve never heard of them before, they turned the cooking oil a really deep, flavoursome red. I was also happily surprised that the ceviche cooked in lager tasted really fresh and light, I thought the lager might have overpowered it but it didn’t. I’ve never tried Ecuadorean food before but I would definitely try again. I hope to make the llapingachos on the side of everything from now on. The subscription to the date night spice box was a Christmas gift so I’m looking forward to the next 11 boxes
This looks like a wonderful date night, Laura! We're loving all of the vibrant colours, and are swooning over your gorgeous patterned plates! We're so pleased to hear how much you enjoyed the different components.
The main was nice. I used chicken instead of pork and they went well with the potato cakes. I didn’t like the starter very much and didn’t like the dessert at all.
Thanks for your honesty, Kirsty - we're really sorry to hear that the starter and dessert weren't your cup of tea, but glad that you enjoyed the main!
Beeaauutiful meal, the mixture of flavours worked perfectly! We needed to get a bit of each thing in every single mouthful.
The flavours compliment each other so nicely on this one - glad you enjoyed it!
Incredible flavours in this dish we had never had together, we are going to keep making this for future dinner parties!
It's a great one for summer too, thanks for sharing!
Prawn ceviche - absolutely delicious, especially with the spicy tomato sauce
So glad you enjoyed, Happy Spicing!
Beautiful colours and it tasted amazing!
It looks incredible, nice job!
Date Night in Bengal ❤️ Just one word: delicious
Looks crazy delicious - we're loving it!
(Date Night in Bengal) Just one word: Delicious
Lovely dinner, great work!
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We're so pleased to hear how much you loved the flavours in this vibrant and varied Ecuadorian feast, and we hope you had a great birthday!