Prawns with vanilla butter sauce
serves
4
This is an easy dinner party dish that wows everyone, although you probably need a practice run with the sauce before attempting it for guests.
Ingredients (8)
- 12 large green prawns, peeled, tails intact
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1/2 cup white wine vinegar
- 1 red eschallot or 1/2 small onion, peeled and chopped
- 1 vanilla bean split lengthways
- 150 grams cold butter, chopped into 1 cm blocks
- 5 or 6 chives, finely chopped
Method
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1.Combine wine, vinegar, eschallot and vanilla bean in a small saucepan and reduce to two or three tablespoons only.
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2.Strain out all solids and then return the sauce to the saucepan.
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3.Pan fry the prawns in butter over a medium heat, until just cooked, or simply steam them.
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4.Re-heat sauce and stir through the cold butterdo this off the stove top or the butter will cook.
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5.Arrange the prawns on the plates to your liking, and then just pour over the sauce.
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6.Sprinkle over a few chopped chives.
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7.Serve with steamed snowpeas, sugar snap peas or asparagus.
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