Sugarcane Shrimp

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 12 large fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1/3 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon dark rum
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon demerara sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• minced habanero pepper (substitute jalapeãƒæ’ o for a milder taste)
• 24 two-inch fresh pineapple chunks
• 12 eight-inch sugarcane skewers

Recipe

• 1 wash the shrimp and place them in a large bowl.
• 2 combine the lime juice, soy sauce, rum, oil, sugar, and garlic in a second bowl season with salt, pepper, and habanero.
• 3 cover with plastic wrap and allow the shrimp to marinate while preheating the broiler or grill.
• 4 when ready, thread 1 pineapple chunk, 1 shrimp, then a second pineapple chunk on each skewer.
• 5 place the skewers on a broiler pan and cook until lightly browned, turning once, 3 to 5 minutes.
• 6 note: to make sugarcane skewers, wash the sugarcane stalk thoroughly. using a sharp chef's knife, carefully cut the stalk crosswise, at a joint, into sections the length of the skewer needed. be careful, as the cane is harder than you think. split at the center of the core lengthwise into quarters for 4 skewers. don't remove the outer bark; it reinforces the skewer. sharpen the ends of the skewers into points.