Prawns with Romesco sauce
Savor the taste of Spain with this delightful dish of prawns served with a rich Romesco sauce. This seafood recipe beautifully combines succulent prawns with the vibrant flavors of the traditional Spanish sauce.
By API | Prep: 15 min | Cook: 30 min | Serves: 4
Tags: Seafood, Spanish, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free
Ingredients
- 1 g red pepper
- 3 pcs garlic cloves
- 1 g chilli
- 1 pcs tomato
- 10 pcs hazelnuts
- 10 pcs almonds
- 3 g parsley
- 1 g bread
- 120 g olive oil
- 2 ml red wine vinegar
- 400 g tiger prawns
Instructions
- Slice the pepper in half lengthwise and take out the seeds and stem.
- Cover a grill pan with aluminum foil.
- Arrange the pepper halves, cut side up, in the grill pan along with the whole garlic cloves, chili, and tomato.
- Grill them for 2 minutes.
- Flip the tomato and grill for an additional 2 minutes.
- Using a large spoon, take out the tomato.
- Peel, quarter, and extract the seeds from the tomato.
- Roughly chop the tomato.
- Keep grilling the pepper, chili, and garlic for 4-5 minutes until the skins are charred and the garlic becomes tender.
- Once cool enough to touch, peel and slice the chili in half, discarding the seeds.
- Peel the pepper and chop both the pepper and chili into chunks.
- Spread the nuts over the foil and grill them until they are toasted.
- In a food processor, finely chop the nuts and parsley.
- Transfer the chopped nuts and parsley into a small bowl.
- Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a skillet.
- In the skillet, add the pepper, garlic, and chili, and sauté for 3 minutes.
- Tear the bread into pieces and add it to the skillet, tossing it in the oil until it turns lightly brown.
- In a food processor, blend the mixture with the tomatoes, salt, vinegar, and oil until it is roughly chopped.
- Pour the mixture into a bowl and allow it to cool.
- Store the mixture in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- On the day of serving, incorporate the nuts and parsley into the sauce and stir.
- Present the sauce in a small bowl on a plate alongside the peeled prawns.
- Provide cocktail sticks for skewering the prawns.