Prawn Croustade

I was supposed to post an entry for Lasang Pinoy, Rice is the theme this time. Unfortunately, my laptop where all the photos are in, malfunctioned and wont start anymore. There’s no way I can retrieve them so instead I will just continue posting my Christmas spread, and for this entry, my second entree (remember the first one was Gordon Ramsay’s Langoustine Cocktail.)

This recipe I have taken from a tiny French cookbook I bought 7 years ago. This required diagonally sliced of bread (triangle in shape) where the center is scooped out taking care to leave a base such in the picture.

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What you need:

  • loaf of bread
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed

For the Filling:

  • 500 g small prawns (I used dutch rose prawns)
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1 lemon
  • 50g butter
  • 2 slices lemon
  • spring onions, few stalks
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • ground pepper
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp dill
  • 1/4 cup creme (creme fraiche was what I used)
  • 1/2 glass dry white wine (or less)

PRAWN CROUSTADE
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Heat oil and garlic in a pan (low fire) brush all bread case with the oil, bake for 10 minutes.

To make filling: shell and devein prawns and chop roughly. In my case my were already small so there was no need to chop them. Place in a small pan and cover with water. Add lemon slices, simmer 15 mins. strain and reserve liquids. Heat butter in a small pan, cook chopped spring onions until soft, add flour and pepper. Stir over low heat for 2 mins. Stir constantly over medium heat until sauce slowly boils and thickens. Add lemon juice, dill, cream, and prawns and heat gently for 2-3 min. To serve simply spoon filling into cavity, garnish with chopped dill and spring onions.

Tags:

Category: holiday cooking, seafood

Comments

 

  1. tulipfleurs says:
    January 3, 2008 at 12:14 am

    Hello Thess and a very Happy New Year to you! Our high-speed internet at home hasn’t been working for days now so I had to wait until I got back to work to go on. I was having an “blogging” withdrawal. Anyhoo, I hope you had a great New Years! This recipe looks soooo scrumptious! I love any form of seafood. Ang galing mo! I finally made my first pancit on New Year’s Eve. Well, gotta get back to work ……just stopped by to say hello to you. Take care, and all the best! ;-)

    HI TP! HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU, MY FRIEND!!
    OH I UNDERSTAND ABOUT YOUR CONNECTION. DURING THE VACATION, OURS HAS SLOWED DOWN AS WELL, I GUESS DUE TO MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WERE ON HOLIDAY AND WERE ONLINE AT THE SAME TIME! …SO YOU WENT COLD TURKEY? *LOL*
    WE HAD A QUIET EVE, AS ALWAYS. PANCIT WAS ALSO MY ORIGINAL PLAN!! BUT JAMIE OLIVER’S RECIPE WON THE COIN TOSSING ;) TAKE CARE TOO!!

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  2. Kirk says:
    January 3, 2008 at 2:00 am

    Hi Thess – Happy New Year! The prawn croustade made me want to chew on my monitor!

    HI KIRK! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO! YOUR VISIT IS A NICE SURPRISE :) THE PICTURES LOOKS TOO GOOD? HA HA HA!

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  3. malen says:
    January 3, 2008 at 7:23 pm

    MANAY! ang galing galing talaga….mukhang ansarap nitoooo. waaahhh :lol:

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  4. Rach (Heart of Rachel) says:
    January 4, 2008 at 9:16 am

    Hi Thess. Happy New Year! Wishing you many more wonderful opportunities this 2008.

    This recipe looks yummy. I love the presentation. It would certainly impress any guest who is having lunch or dinner at our house. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. ellen says:
    January 4, 2008 at 10:17 am

    hmmm…picture palang mukhang masarap na ….subukan ko yan iexperiment hehheheehe

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  6. kengkay says:
    January 4, 2008 at 11:58 am

    yum :D pwedeng mag sub ng karne kasi ayaw ni kengkoy ng seafood kapag dito galing e, hmmm

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  7. stel says:
    January 4, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    gusto ko nyan gusto ko nyan gusto ko nyan!!!!tisaythessay cook mo yan for moi ha…kelan kaya? i will try to do that for next party appetizer! pang-gulat ko kaya? :mrgreen: :shock:

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  8. GBex says:
    January 5, 2008 at 2:41 am

    wowww–sarap naman nyan …..ehhh ni tag kita alam mo ba yun? sa tatlo mo pang blogs heheheheh—-

    tsek mo DITO!!!!

    sana’y laging madaming pagkain dito at sa tingin ko lang ay busog na busog na ako nyahahahahahah…

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  9. GBex says:
    January 5, 2008 at 3:08 am

    and another tag for you kapatid kooo….

    tsek mo na lang DITO!!!!

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  10. bluepanjeet says:
    January 6, 2008 at 7:25 am

    haha may hulmahan pala sya. It’s like making a cake in a mold.

    Question, pag gourmet ba ate sadyang ganyan lang kaunti? why not sandamukal sa plato para sulit? if ever i will go abraod, I will teach my self to cook so that I can eat as many food as I want. Mukhang bitin sa gourmet restos eh haha.

    Happy Happy New Year ate Tekla!

    DARLING BLUE, HINDI HUMMAHAN YAN HE HE HE! PERO MUKHA NGA ANO? NOT NECESSARILY KONTI. AKALA MO LANG KONTI PERO KUNG ANG DISHES NAMAN AY MARAMI SA ISANG MENU, MABUBUSOG KA! EH ASAWA KO ANG LAKI LALAKI AT MALAKAS KUMAIN PERO NABUBUSOG SA SERVINGS KO. SANA NANDITO KA PARA MAIPAGLUTO KITA HA HA HA! HAPPY NEW YEAR DIN….HINTAY KO RESULT NG EXAM MO, NAKAKA BITIN NA HA!

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  11. Narayanan says:
    January 6, 2008 at 4:50 pm

    hi…cool blog…ur posts are very useful…mind exchangin links??visit my blog n add me if u lik it..my blog is

    http://raghuism.blogspot.com/

    HELLO ! I WILL VISIT YOU AS SOON AS I GET THE CHANCE..THANKS FOR SWINGING BY

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  12. Joanne says:
    January 7, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    ate.. may gas pa ko for your laptop :twisted:

    IPADALA MO, DALI *LOL*

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  13. jeff says:
    January 10, 2008 at 8:02 am

    now.. this dish i would order in a restaurant if they are serving this.. nice dish:)

    THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENT, JEFF..AND THE VISIT TOO :)

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