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Thursday, 1 October 2009

Gambas de Pil Pil - Sizzling Prawns with garlic & chilli

I went on a girlie hen do back in May in Nerja, Spain... and we all fell in love with a dish Gambas de pil pil.... prawns in earthenwar with plenty of garlic, chilli, tomato and olive oil and dip with some nice bread. It have been sucha tasty dish that its been a great fun trying to replicate it and have my other half thumbs up. Great tapas or starter dish or even just a light lunch.  

















Time: approx 20mins

Ingredients:

2lbs Medium-sized Prawns
3 Cloves of garlic
1/2tspn Salt
1Tbspn Coarsly chopped Parsley
3Tbspn Olive oil
2Tbspn Butter
1 Red Chilli ( if no fresh 1 tspn of chilli flakes)
1 tspn White Wine
1/4tspn Black Pepper.

Bread for serving.

1) Wash, de-shell and devein the prawns, keeping the tails intact.
2) Mix prawn with salt in the bowl, cover and refrigerate for about 20minutes.
3) In a pan heat the butter & olive oil together. When foaming add the garlic, chilli and cook stirring for 1 minute, or until golden. Add prawns and cook until they curl up and change colour. Add a dash of white wine & parsley at the end, a quick stir, then serve sizzling hot. Serve with plenty of bread for dipping.

Note:  I also add 2tspn of sun-dried tomato pesto just to give it bit of a tang.

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