Romeritos with Shrimp Cakes | Saveur

Name: Romeritos with Shrimp Cakes | Saveur
Ingredients: 24 small waxy potatoes; Salt; 1 tsp. baking soda; 10 prickly pear cactus paddles, thorns removed (see Thorn Trick), trimmed and cut into 1⁄2" cubes; 1 lb. romeritos or spinach, trimmed and washed; 4 oz. dried heads-on shrimp, peeled, shells and heads reserved; 4 eggs, separated; 9 tbsp. canola oil; 1 1 ⁄ 2 cups red mole paste

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Romeritos are succulent, stringy-looking Mexican greens (Suaeda torreyana) that taste like spinach.

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Ingredients

24 small waxy potatoes
Salt
1 tsp. baking soda
10 prickly pear cactus paddles, thorns removed (see Thorn Trick), trimmed and cut into 1⁄2" cubes
1 lb. romeritos or spinach, trimmed and washed
4 oz. dried heads-on shrimp, peeled, shells and heads reserved
4 eggs, separated
9 tbsp. canola oil
1 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> cups red mole paste