Prawns With Garlic And Ouzo Or Brandy ©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is absolutely my favourite, very quick to prepare and there can never be enough!

It makes an excellent starter, or a main course!

For Nola…….Memories of our lunch in the village!

 

 

Easy

 

 

Two Persons

 

 

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

 

 

Cooking Time: 4-5 Minutes Max!

 

 

 

Ingredients

10-15 prawns depending on size

2-4 cloves of garlic

50 g butter

2 tbs Ouzo or Brandy

2-3 tbs fresh chopped parsley

Salt, freshly ground black pepper

1 finely sliced fresh red Chilli or Chilli flakes

 

Method

1. Buy prawns from a reliable fish shop. (To check for freshness, they should be shiny, eyes black, not grey, curled up, not stretched out and smell fresh.) Wash well  in salted water and drain.

2. Finely chop garlic, parsley and Chilli. ( Chopped garlic is better than using a garlic squeezer in this recipe).

3. Melt butter in large frying pan. Add garlic, chilli and prawns and cook over a medium heat for two minutes on each side.

4. Pour over Ouzo or Bandy and cook for one minute, so that alcohol evaporates. (This is important, so that the sauce is not bitter. When smelling the cooking prawns, the scent of alcohol should have disappeared).

5. Remove from heat, season and sprinkle with parsley.

6. Serve on warm plates straight away, along with hot crusty bread.

Cook’s Tip : These are best eaten with your fingers, so provide warm bowls of water with slices of lemon for each person.

***** Prawns need very little cooking, or they shrink and become tough!

 

 

Wash prawns in fresh salted water and leave to drain.

 

Peel garlic and finely chop.

Wash parsley and finely chop.

 

Have all your ingredients ready, before starting to cook.

 

 

Melt butter in large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat, add garlic and chilli.

 

Add Prawns. Cook for two minutes on each side, no more as they cook quickly.

 

Add Ouzo or if preferred Brandy.

Cook for one minute, until alcohol has evaporated.

 

Remove from heat, season and sprinkle with freshly chopped parsley.

Serve straight away on pre-heated plates.

Delicious!!!!