serves
4–6
prep
15 minutes
cook
25 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
4–6
people
preparation
15
minutes
cooking
25
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
Ingredients
- 60 ml (2 oz/¼ cup) olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 4 long green chillies, chopped
- 2 small green capsicums (bell peppers), chopped
- 500 g (9 oz) tomatoes, peeled and chopped
- 1 kg (2 lb 3 oz) raw Yamba prawns (shrimp), peeled and deveined, leaving the tails intact
- 15 g (½ oz/½ cup) chopped flat-leaf (Italian) parsley, plus extra to garnish
- 30 g (1 oz/½ cup) chopped dill
- 150 g (5½ oz/1 cup) crumbled Bulgarian feta
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
Heat the olive oil in a flameproof casserole dish on the stove top.
Add the onion and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, until soft.
Add the garlic and cook for a few minutes more.
Stir in the chilli, capsicum and tomato. Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and cook for another few minutes.
Add the prawns, parsley and dill and cook for a final 2 minutes.
Sprinkle the feta over the mixture, then transfer the dish to the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
Garnish with extra parsley and serve immediately, with crusty bread.
Recipe and image from Turkish Meze, Sevtap Yuce (Hardie Grant Books, $39.95, hbk)
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
