shark enchiladas

[twirl]

1 lb shark meat
1 tbs butter
5 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp chili powder
1 tbsp paprika
1tsp oregano powder
1 medium onion. diced
dash cayenne pepper
olive oil
2 cups cream
1tbs cornstarch
1 cup fresh cilantro
1/2 c fresh tomatoes
1/2 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/2 c grated Parmesan cheese
1pkg white corn tortillas
2 c grated mixed cheese

melt butter in skillet and brown shark meat - add 3 cloves of garlic, chili powder, onion, cayenne, oregano and paprika -- in a separate pan, thicken cream with cornstarch over medium low heat - add mushrooms and tomatoes, cilantro and Parmesan - pour 1/3 cream mixture into shark meat - heat olive oil over high heat, and blanch tortillas until soft - spoon shark mixture and small amount of grated cheese into each tortilla and roll, cover with remaining cream sauce and cheese - bake at 400 degrees until bubbling and cheese is melted

other fish may be used

[kimcanada]

You Texans will eat anything!

[Wenchie58]

Poor shark......eat a few people and they make enchilladas outta ya!   

[twirl]

does that make me a cannibal?

[jbeany]

Not unless the shark you are eating used to be a lawyer.

[dwcrawford]

You Texans will eat anything!

If I liked fish (especially shark meat) I'd eat it.  Probably taste of lot like bull testicle enchiladas, eh Twirl.

[thegrammalady]

yummy! shark is one of my favorite fish! too bad i can't get it in colorado. that's one of the things (very few) i miss about being in the sf bay area. my local fish market always had fresh shark there.

[twirl]

bull testical enchildas taste more like sausage to me

[Wenchie58]

Hmmmmm  I kinda like sausage.  Wonder what this yankee would think of prairie oysters.  Id try em.

[dwcrawford]

Hehe.... this Texan wouldn't....and I love sausage.  Shark Enchiladas?  (I don't know, maybe a taste)

[twirl]

Hehe.... this Texan wouldn't....and I love sausage.  Shark Enchiladas?  (I don't know, maybe a taste)

shark enchildas have a bite to them   

[pelagia]

I had grilled mako shark last week.  I've eaten a lot of good fish over the years but never had shark before.  It was delicious.  It was more delicate than tuna, less fatty than swordfish and a lot more tasty than flounder.  About perfect I'd say.

[dwcrawford]

Lots of people in here have commented on how good  shark meat is.  I'll definitely try if if I see in on a menu somewhere.

[Des]

1 lb shark meat
1 tbs butter
5 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp chili powder
1 tbsp paprika
1tsp oregano powder
1 medium onion. diced
dash cayenne pepper
olive oil
2 cups cream
1tbs cornstarch
1 cup fresh cilantro
1/2 c fresh tomatoes
1/2 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/2 c grated Parmesan cheese
1pkg white corn tortillas
2 c grated mixed cheese

melt butter in skillet and brown shark meat - add 3 cloves of garlic, chili powder, onion, cayenne, oregano and paprika -- in a separate pan, thicken cream with cornstarch over medium low heat - add mushrooms and tomatoes, cilantro and Parmesan - pour 1/3 cream mixture into shark meat - heat olive oil over high heat, and blanch tortillas until soft - spoon shark mixture and small amount of grated cheese into each tortilla and roll, cover with remaining cream sauce and cheese - bake at 400 degrees until bubbling and cheese is melted

other fish may be used

I thought you LIKED sharks..... I did not think you like to eat sharks.

hahahahahahaha

This came as a big surprise.

[monrein]

I was introduced to shark meat while living temporarily on a beach in Sri Lanka (Ceylon at the time).  We bought shark steaks at the market after first trying them at a restaurant and I sauteed them first then smothered with stewed onions, garlic and tomatoes.  Delicious.  Only once we got some that was horrid...very ammonia tasting...maybe that shark had renal insufficiency but it tasted nasty.  I think it was the type of shark, at least that's what they said at the market.

[kimcanada]

monrein are you Texan??   

[monrein]

Weirder than that Kim...Jamaican/Ontarian.

[MandaMe1986]

where do I buy shark at?

[kimcanada]

  point taken monrein

[pelagia]

Only once we got some that was horrid...very ammonia tasting...maybe that shark had renal insufficiency but it tasted nasty.  I think it was the type of shark, at least that's what they said at the market.

Shark is a cartilaginous fish.  When the cartilage starts to break down urea forms and then ammonia, so if it's not handled right that could be the cause too.  I knew you'd want to know that  .  In South Korea they put skate (or maybe it's ray) through a process to intentionally form ammonia-laden fish.  Apparently it is considered a delicacy by Korean men.  One time I found myself having dinner with 12 South Korean university professors.  The fellow sitting next to me (actually a former student from my university) suggested that I probably wouldn't want to try it.  Of course I did.  My philosophy is to try everything at least once.  It smelled like ammonia and tasted sweet, not at all like rotten fish, so they must do something to carefully control the breakdown process.  Or maybe there was something lost in translation and they just add ammonia 

Twirl your recipe looks delicious.

[monrein]

   Well Pelagia, judging from the market, the fact that it might not have been handled properly is a more than distinct possibility.  Thanks for that info.

[dwcrawford]

where do I buy shark at?

The shark store... where do you think?

[Restorer]

Up in Santa Barbara, Mako shark and Thresher shark are both often available, and caught locally. And they're not expensive, either. I've never cooked it, but I've eaten it. I like shark.