Lisa Mead’s recipe of the week: Prawn and Garden Salad with a Parmesan Wafer
Serves four
INGREDIENTS:
- 4 raw jumbo prawns, peeled and deveined
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup parmesan cheese, finely grated
- 3/4 cup goat cheese, crumbled
- 2 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, finely diced
- 1 cup pea shoots
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- juice of 1 lime
- salt and pepper to taste
METHOD:
- Heat a non-stick frypan on a medium-high heat.
- Pour in enough vegetable oil to coat the pan
- Fry prawns with a pinch of salt for 5-6 minutes, until light pink and cooked through
- Preheat oven to 200°C. Spray a non-stick baking tray with oil and cover with a sheet of baking paper
- Create 4 small, evenly spaced mounds on tray with parmesan cheese and bake in oven for 8-10 minutes, until lightly golden. Set aside.
- Mix lime juice, olive oil, salt and pepper together to form a vinaigrette.
- In a bowl, gently toss tomatoes, pea shoots and goat cheese. Add vinaigrette.
- Spoon salad evenly into four brandy glasses. Top each with one prawn and a parmesan wafer.
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