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PRAWNS

 

Creamy Garlic Prawns

 

Ingredients:  Serves 4

  • 24 Green prawn cutlets
  • 2 Shallots - Chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic - Crushed
  • 1 Teaspoon Dijon Mustard
  • ½ Cup Cream
  • 1 Tablespoon Chopped Parsley
  • Butter

Method:

    • Fry Shallots and garlic in butter on low heat until aromatic.
    • Add prawns and sauté for 4 minutes, turning and basting half way.
    • Add dijon mustard and cream to saucepan and cook enough to warm the cream, combining ingredients thoroughly.
    • Serve 6 prawns to each bowl, sprinkled in chopped parsley.

 

 

Macadamia, Rocket and Prawn Salad

 

Ingredients:  Serves 4

  • 20 Large, Cooked, Peeled Prawns
  • 2 Bunches of Trimmed Rocket
  • 1 Large Sliced Ripe Avocado
  • 3 ½ Tablespoons Macadamia Oil
  • 1 Tablespoon White Wine Vinegar
  • ¼ Tablespoon Sugar
  • ½ Tablespoon Dijon Mustard
  • Salt and Pepper
  • ¾ Cup Toasted, Coarsely Chopped Macadamia Nuts
  • ¼ Preserved Lemon Rind, Finely Chopped

Method:

    • Combine 2 bunches of trimmed Rocket in a large bowl with the avocado
    • Combine macadamia oil, vinegar, sugar, dijon mustard, salt and pepper in a bowl and whisk until smooth
    • Drizzle half the dressing over Rocker and avocado and toss gently to combine
    • Spread Rocket and avocado on 4 large serving plates, sprinkle with the chopped macadamia nuts and lemon rind
    • Finish by placing 5 Prawns on top of each plate

 

Deep Fried Coconut King Prawns

 

Ingredients:  Serves 2

  • 375ml Bottle of Beer
  • ½ Cup Plain flour,  Sifted
  • 1 Teaspoon Corn Flour, Sifted
  • ½ a Fresh Coconut, Chopped
  • 2 Tablespoons Coriander, Chopped
  • 1 Fresh Red Chilli, Chopped
  • Fresh Coconut Milk
  • 6 Large Green King Prawns, Peeled
  • 2 Tablespoons Flour – seasoned with salt and pepper
  • 1 Lime, Halved

Method

    • To make the batter, drink a quarter of the beer and pour the rest into a bowl.
    • Whisk in the flour and cornflour and season generously with salt and pepper.
    • stir in the coconut, coriander and chilli into the batter.
    • Should be thick, but not gluggly. If gluggly, pour in a small amount of coconut milk to thin batter.
    • Dip the prawns in the seasoned flour – coat well.
    • Gently Dip into the batter.
    • Deep fry in hot oil until golden brown.
    • Drain and serve with lime halves.

 

Warm Salad of Prawns, Tagliatelle and Snow Peas with Pine nut and Parsley Butter

 

Ingredients:   Serves 4

  • 4 Tablespoons Peanut Oil
  • 20 Green Prawns
  • 20 Carrot Stars
  • 20 Snow peas, topped, tailed and destringed
  • 1 Cup Finely Shredded Red Cabbage
  • Juice of 1 Lemon
  • 4 Cups Cooked, Fresh Tagliatelle (instructions below)
  • 1 Heaped Tablespoon Roasted Pine nuts
  • 1 Tablespoon Coarsely Chopped Chives
  • Pine nut and Parsley Butter (recipe below)
  • The Butter
  • 100 g Soft Unsalted Butter
    50 g Roasted Pine nuts
    1 Tablespoon Chopped Parsley
    1 Clove Garlic – Chopped Finely
    1 Teaspoon Lemon juice, Salt and Pepper

Method:

The Pasta:

      • Bring to boil a large pot of salted and lightly oiled water. Drop in the pasta and boil until cooked but fairly firm. Drain and rinse under cold water. Drain again and set aside.
  • The Butter
      • Blend all ingredients into the well softened butter in a food processor. Using a 2 cm plain nozzle, pipe into small rosettes onto greaseproof paper and chill.
  • The Salad
      • Heat the oil in a heavy based pan and sauté the prawns and the vegetables quickly stirring with a wooden spatula. Add the lemon juice and Tagliatelle and eight piped rosettes of pine nut and parsley butter – toss well. Serve onto warm plates and garnish with the remaining butter rosettes and chopped chives.

 

Red Prawn Chopsticks

 

Ingredients:  Serves 4

 

  • 400g peeled prawn meat
  • 2 Tablespoons finely chopped green shallots
  • 2 Teaspoons grated ginger
  • 1 Tablespoon fish sauce
  • 8 Takeaway wooden chop sticks

Dipping Sauce

 

  • 1 ½ Tablespoon Ketjap
  • 1 Tablespoon water
  • 1 Tablespoon Lime juice

Method:

    • Dry prawns and blend in a food processor. Add shallots, ginger and fish sauce and blend until paste is formed.
    • Mould prawn mixture around the chopsticks.
    • Cover with chili and plastic wrap and leave to 30 minutes
    • Heat solid BBQ plate to medium and spray with oil.
    • Cook chopsticks for 3-4 minutes each side

Dipping Sauce:

 

    • Combine all ingredients together in a small bowl
    • Serve as a side to the chopsticks

PRAWNS

 

Creamy Garlic Prawns

 

Ingredients:  Serves 4

  • 24 Green prawn cutlets
  • 2 Shallots - Chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic - Crushed
  • 1 Teaspoon Dijon Mustard
  • ½ Cup Cream
  • 1 Tablespoon Chopped Parsley
  • Butter

Method:

    • Fry Shallots and garlic in butter on low heat until aromatic.
    • Add prawns and sauté for 4 minutes, turning and basting half way.
    • Add dijon mustard and cream to saucepan and cook enough to warm the cream, combining ingredients thoroughly.
    • Serve 6 prawns to each bowl, sprinkled in chopped parsley.

 

 

Macadamia, Rocket and Prawn Salad

 

Ingredients:  Serves 4

  • 20 Large, Cooked, Peeled Prawns
  • 2 Bunches of Trimmed Rocket
  • 1 Large Sliced Ripe Avocado
  • 3 ½ Tablespoons Macadamia Oil
  • 1 Tablespoon White Wine Vinegar
  • ¼ Tablespoon Sugar
  • ½ Tablespoon Dijon Mustard
  • Salt and Pepper
  • ¾ Cup Toasted, Coarsely Chopped Macadamia Nuts
  • ¼ Preserved Lemon Rind, Finely Chopped

Method:

    • Combine 2 bunches of trimmed Rocket in a large bowl with the avocado
    • Combine macadamia oil, vinegar, sugar, dijon mustard, salt and pepper in a bowl and whisk until smooth
    • Drizzle half the dressing over Rocker and avocado and toss gently to combine
    • Spread Rocket and avocado on 4 large serving plates, sprinkle with the chopped macadamia nuts and lemon rind
    • Finish by placing 5 Prawns on top of each plate

 

Deep Fried Coconut King Prawns

 

Ingredients:  Serves 2

  • 375ml Bottle of Beer
  • ½ Cup Plain flour,  Sifted
  • 1 Teaspoon Corn Flour, Sifted
  • ½ a Fresh Coconut, Chopped
  • 2 Tablespoons Coriander, Chopped
  • 1 Fresh Red Chilli, Chopped
  • Fresh Coconut Milk
  • 6 Large Green King Prawns, Peeled
  • 2 Tablespoons Flour – seasoned with salt and pepper
  • 1 Lime, Halved

Method

    • To make the batter, drink a quarter of the beer and pour the rest into a bowl.
    • Whisk in the flour and cornflour and season generously with salt and pepper.
    • stir in the coconut, coriander and chilli into the batter.
    • Should be thick, but not gluggly. If gluggly, pour in a small amount of coconut milk to thin batter.
    • Dip the prawns in the seasoned flour – coat well.
    • Gently Dip into the batter.
    • Deep fry in hot oil until golden brown.
    • Drain and serve with lime halves.

 

Warm Salad of Prawns, Tagliatelle and Snow Peas with Pine nut and Parsley Butter

 

Ingredients:   Serves 4

  • 4 Tablespoons Peanut Oil
  • 20 Green Prawns
  • 20 Carrot Stars
  • 20 Snow peas, topped, tailed and destringed
  • 1 Cup Finely Shredded Red Cabbage
  • Juice of 1 Lemon
  • 4 Cups Cooked, Fresh Tagliatelle (instructions below)
  • 1 Heaped Tablespoon Roasted Pine nuts
  • 1 Tablespoon Coarsely Chopped Chives
  • Pine nut and Parsley Butter (recipe below)
  • The Butter
  • 100 g Soft Unsalted Butter
    50 g Roasted Pine nuts
    1 Tablespoon Chopped Parsley
    1 Clove Garlic – Chopped Finely
    1 Teaspoon Lemon juice, Salt and Pepper

Method:

The Pasta:

      • Bring to boil a large pot of salted and lightly oiled water. Drop in the pasta and boil until cooked but fairly firm. Drain and rinse under cold water. Drain again and set aside.
  • The Butter
      • Blend all ingredients into the well softened butter in a food processor. Using a 2 cm plain nozzle, pipe into small rosettes onto greaseproof paper and chill.
  • The Salad
      • Heat the oil in a heavy based pan and sauté the prawns and the vegetables quickly stirring with a wooden spatula. Add the lemon juice and Tagliatelle and eight piped rosettes of pine nut and parsley butter – toss well. Serve onto warm plates and garnish with the remaining butter rosettes and chopped chives.

 

Red Prawn Chopsticks

 

Ingredients:  Serves 4

 

  • 400g peeled prawn meat
  • 2 Tablespoons finely chopped green shallots
  • 2 Teaspoons grated ginger
  • 1 Tablespoon fish sauce
  • 8 Takeaway wooden chop sticks

Dipping Sauce

 

  • 1 ½ Tablespoon Ketjap
  • 1 Tablespoon water
  • 1 Tablespoon Lime juice

Method:

    • Dry prawns and blend in a food processor. Add shallots, ginger and fish sauce and blend until paste is formed.
    • Mould prawn mixture around the chopsticks.
    • Cover with chili and plastic wrap and leave to 30 minutes
    • Heat solid BBQ plate to medium and spray with oil.
    • Cook chopsticks for 3-4 minutes each side

Dipping Sauce:

 

    • Combine all ingredients together in a small bowl
    • Serve as a side to the chopsticks