TIGER PRAWNS, RED PEPPER SAUCE AND A YOGHURT DRESSING
Ingredients
- 300g/10½oz shallots
- sliced
- 300g//10½oz roasted red peppers from a jar
- sliced
- 70g/2½oz garlic
- thinly sliced
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- 100ml/3½fl oz olive oil
- 8 large tiger prawns
- 250g/9oz fat-free Greek-style yoghurt
- 2 garlic cloves
- crushed or finely chopped
- 1 large shallot
- very finely chopped
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped flatleaf parsley
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh chives
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh mint
- 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt flakes
- 5 generous handfuls mixed green leaves
- 5 radishes
- thinly sliced
- 1 fennel bulb
- thinly sliced
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Put all the sauce ingredients
- except the prawns
- in a saucepan
- cook gently until the shallots are soft then bring to the boil. Transfer the mixture to a blender and blend until smooth. Pass the sauce through a sieve into a bowl. Marinade the prawns in the sauce for 10 minutes.
- For the dressing
- combine the yoghurt
- 125ml/4fl oz cold water
- garlic
- shallot
- vinegar
- lemon juice
- parsley
- chives and mint. Whisk in the olive oil and season with salt
- to taste.
- To cook the prawns
- heat a flat griddle pan until very hot. Push the prawns onto two skewers and cook on each side for 3–4 minutes.
- Meanwhile for the salad
- place the greens
- radishes and fennel in ice-cold water for a few minutes to crisp up. Remove
- drain and pat dry.
- Combine in a salad bowl and spoon the dressing down the sides. Toss the salad using your hands
- pulling the dressing off the sides of the bowl as you do. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve the prawns on top of the salad.

