Poached Prawns
"Part of a wonderful three course lunch at Chez Cecile, Paris (Chef Stephane Pitre)"
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 12 large prawns (I use large shrimp)
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup white wine (not too dry)
- 1⁄2 onion
- 1 carrot
- 1 stalk celery
- 2 ounces butter, unsalted, cut into cubes
- 4 ounces pistachio oil (walnut oil could be substituted)
directions
- In a pan, boil water, wine, carrot, celery, salt and pepper to make a broth.
- Peel the prawns; discard the heads, keep the tails.
- Poach them for 10 minutes in the hot (but not boiling) broth.
- Remove 7 oz. stock to another pan, bring to a boil.
- Remove from heat and add butter. Blend, adding the pistachio oil as you go; season with salt and pepper.
- Remove prawns from the liquid and arrange them on a plate, drizzle with the sauce.
- Serve with a risotto or pureed artichokes.
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Reviews
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Simple, elegant, light and delicious! We loved these and ate 12 prawns between the two of us for a light lunch - great recipe, thanks Kate! I changed nothing. Made for ZWT3.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chef Kate
Annapolis, 60
<p>I have always loved to cook. When I was little, I cooked with my Grandmother who had endless patience and extraordinary skill as a baker. And I cooked with my Mother, who had a set repertoire, but taught me many basics. Then I spent a summer with a French cousin who opened up a whole new world of cooking. And I grew up in New York City, which meant that I was surrounded by all varieties of wonderful food, from great bagels and white fish to all the wonders of Chinatown and Little Italy, from German to Spanish to Mexican to Puerto Rican to Cuban, not to mention Cuban-Chinese. And my parents loved good food, so I grew up eating things like roasted peppers, anchovies, cheeses, charcuterie, as well as burgers and the like. In my own cooking I try to use organics as much as possible; I never use canned soup or cake mix and, other than a cheese steak if I'm in Philly or pizza by the slice in New York, I don't eat fast food. So, while I think I eat and cook just about everything, I do have friends who think I'm picky--just because the only thing I've ever had from McDonald's is a diet Coke (and maybe a frie or two). I have collected literally hundreds of recipes, clipped from the Times or magazines, copied down from friends, cajoled out of restaurant chefs. Little by little, I am pulling out the ones I've made and loved and posting them here. Maybe someday, every drawer in my apartment won't crammed with recipes. (Of course, I'll always have those shelves crammed with cookbooks.) I'm still amazed and delighted by the friendliness and the incredible knowledge of the people here. 'Zaar has been a wonderful discovery for me.</p>
