Rum-glazed Shrimp And Mango

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice, plus
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1/4 cup dark rum
• 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon finely-grated freshly peeled gingerroot
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 32 medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
• coarse salt and pepper
• 1 ripe but firm mango, peeled and sliced into 8 slivers (about 1 inch thick each)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus more for grates
• 2 bunches watercress, stems trimmed

Recipe

• 1 for glaze: in a small saucepan, combine 1/4 cup lime juice, rum, sugar, and ginger. bring to a boil over high heat.
• 2 reduce heat and let simmer, whisking it occasionally until the mixture slightly thickens after about 3 minutes.
• 3 in a small bowl, whisk cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water, then stir in lime-juice mixture.
• 4 cook and stir until it thickens after about 30 seconds. remove from heat and let cool.
• 5 put shrimp on 8 skewers, with 4 shrimp on each skewer. season both sides with salt and pepper.
• 6 place mango slices on 4 skewers, with 2 pieces on each skewer.
• 7 brush shrimp and mango with glaze.
• 8 heat grill to medium-high and oil grates. place skewers on grill and turn once until blackened in spots and shrimp is opaque throughout, about 3-4 minutes.
• 9 in a large bowl, whisk remaining tablespoon of lime juice with oil. season with salt and pepper. add watercress and toss.
• 10 divide watercress among 4 plates, and top each with 2 shrimp skewers and 1 mango skewer to serve.