Thursday 14 December 2017

Christmas Prawns


The best part of Summer is the ready supply of Seafood.
Living in a seafood town we have plenty of choice from the school prawns to the locally caught flat head and beautiful oysters.
Here is a simple prawn dish full of flavour and incorporating the Christmas colours of red and green which is sure to impress your guests.





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Christmas Prawns

1/4 cup olive oil
500 g fresh green prawns, shelled with tail intact
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 red chilli, chopped
handful of continental parsley, chopped
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup white wine
salt and pepper to taste

Heat up a frypan or wok to medium high, add oil, garlic and chilli, fry for 1 minute or until garlic just starts to turn brown.
Add the prawns and cook, stirring constantly for 2 minutes.
Add lemon juice, wine and parsley then keep stirring for 2 more minutes.
Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve.

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Happy Christmas to you and your family.  I hope you have a relaxing and festive break.
Buon appetito, enjoy Merryn xx

22 comments:

  1. Lucky you having all the quality seafood in town! These prawns look really juicy and flavourful.

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    1. Yes we are spoiled for seafood. Thanks for your kind comment.

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  2. Hi Merryn thats a great idea. I love prawns....so much. They look delicious

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  3. This looks so simple but so delicious - the perfect Christmas recipe! And I heard on the news that prawns are going down in price this Christmas so win, win!

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    1. Fantastic. Youcan never have enough prawns Sammie 8)

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  4. You had me at prawns!! I love prawn especially at Christmas and the Builder will be excited to have a new recipe to try. Thank you

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    1. I agree prawns at Christmas time are an integral part of your lunch.

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  5. yum! i love prawns but hubby doesn't so i only have them at christmas time. am looking forward to a big bowl of them with lots of seafood sauce and lemon. cheers sherry x

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    1. I hope you enjoy them Sherry it's tough when only you eat prawns so definitely make them special.

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  6. Oooh yeah, this looks amazing. Merry Christmas Merryn.

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  7. This is really good stuff! Love prawns, and they take so well to just a hint of spicy. Thanks!

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    1. Great comment and this is so true Thank you.

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  8. How delicious - we love to have prawns as part of the spread on the big day!

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    1. Yes they are an integral part of our Christmas meal as well.

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  9. I'm always a big fan of prawns at Christmas. Actually all the time but I feel like it isn't Xmas unless there's lots of seafood. Love the red and green :D

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    1. I concur seagood is an integral part of the Christmas meal 8)

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  10. A simple and delicious way to serve prawns. Hope you had a nice Christmas.

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    1. Thanks Karen and yes I had a lovely Christmas and hope you did as well 8)

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  11. You are fortunate to have freshly caught seafood close by, I usually buy flash frozen, still good but not great. This recipe looks delicious and perfect for a festive evening and simple enough for a week night meal.

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    1. Yes we are lucky to by fresh seafood although frozen is very good quality.

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