serves
4
prep
10 minutes
cook
10 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
4
people
preparation
10
minutes
cooking
10
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
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The Italian Table
episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • cooking • 25m
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episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • cooking • 25m
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Ingredients
- 600 g whole raw prawns, shell-on
- ½ cup (125 ml) extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 4 garlic cloves, bruised
- 1 cup (250 ml) white wine
- 1 long red chilli, sliced
- 200 ml tomato passata
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- salt and black pepper
- a pinch of bicarbonate of soda
- 1 small lemon
- 2 tbsp finely shredded flat-leaf parsley
- sourdough, to serve
Marinating time: 10 minutes
Instructions
- Peel the prawns, reserving the prawn heads. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, then add the prawn heads with the fennel seeds and garlic. Cook for 5 minutes, or until the prawn heads are cooked through and slightly crisp, crushing the heads with the wooden spoon to extract as much flavour as possible. Add the wine and bring to a simmer. Remove the prawn heads, then add the chilli, passata and cherry tomatoes.
- While the sauce is cooking, butterfly the prawns and season the prawn meat with salt and bicarbonate of soda in a medium bowl. Set aside for 10 minutes. Cut the lemon into two halves and juice one half, then thinly slice the second half.
- Add the prawns to the saucepan and simmer for about 4 minutes, or until the prawns are just cooked. Stir through the lemon juice, lemon slices and parsley, then transfer to a serving dish. Serve the prawn and lemon guazzetto with crusty sourdough.
Photography by Jiwon Kim.
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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.
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