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Filed under: Spanish Recipes — Tags: , , , , , , — John @ 11:45 am June 20, 2010

Recipe: Gambas (Prawn) Pil Pil

Summary: Probably one of the most popular starter and tapas dishes on the coasts of Spain!

Ingredients

  • 20 peeled gambas (if you cannot get fresh prawns you can use pre-cooked prawns but adjust the cooking time so as to warm through thoroughly as opposed to cooking them)
  • 5 tblsps of olive
  • 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 tblsp garlic, crushed
  • 2 chilli peppers or 2 teaspoons chilli powder
  • pinch of cayenne or red pepper
  • 1 tblsp flat leaf parsley, chopped
  • salt and fresh ground pepper

Instructions

  1. Put olive oil, garlic cloves, chili peppers, and cayenne pepper in an earthenware ramekin.Heat the ramekin at medium heat or until the oil begins to sizzle.
  2. Meanwhile peel and wash the prawns. Dry them off with a paper towel and add them to the ramekin. Cook the prawns for about six minutes, 3 minutes on either side, or until they begin to turn pink and curl slightly.
  3. Sprinkle with the parsley and serve at once.
  4. Serve with crusty bread.

Cooking time (duration): 20

Number of servings (yield): 2

Meal type: snack

Culinary tradition: Spanish

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★


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