Yellow potatoes seasoned with chili and lime surround juicy shrimp in salsa golf and a layer of avocado. The layers stay firm while the acidity keeps everything lively—the kind of appetizer that reaches the table looking pristine and disappears much sooner than expected.
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Boil the yellow potatoes in their skins using about three quarters of the water for 22 to 25 minutes, until a knife slides easily through the center. While they cook, open the yellow chiles, remove the seeds and thick veins, and boil them in part of the remaining water for 5 minutes, until completely tender.
Peel the potatoes while still hot and pass them through a potato ricer. Spread them in a bowl and let the steam escape for 5 minutes. Blend the cooked chili with four fifths of the oil until smooth. Mix it into the potatoes with five sixths of the lime juice and two thirds of the salt, working until the mixture is even, well seasoned, and firm but easy to spread without cracking.
Bring the remaining water to a boil and add the cleaned shrimp. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes, only until opaque, pink, and firm to the touch; drain immediately and spread them out to cool. Mix the mayonnaise with the ketchup and remaining salt, add the warm-to-cool shrimp, and toss until lightly coated in salsa golf.
Slice the Hass avocado and lightly coat it with the remaining lime juice to slow browning. Grease the mold with the remaining oil, spread in half of the causa mixture, and smooth it without compacting it excessively. Arrange the avocado, then the shrimp and their sauce, and cover with the remaining potato. Press lightly with the spatula until the top is even and the layers will hold when sliced.
Carefully unmold and cut into 4 portions with a clean knife, rinsing the blade between cuts if the potato begins to stick. The causa should hold its shape without feeling compressed, with the avocado and shrimp clearly visible inside; once that first yellow, green, and pink slice appears, waiting for everyone else to reach the table becomes unusually difficult. Done! 🍤
