Garides Ladolemono (Prawns with oil and lemon)
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| Garides Ladolemono (Prawns with oil and lemon) | |
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| Garides Ladolemono | |
| Servings: | 4 or 6 as a first course |
| Ready in: | 30 minutes |
| Prep. time: | 10 minutes |
| Cook time: | 20 minutes |
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A simple Greek prawn recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients
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- 1 kg prawns, cleaned, but with shells left on
- 1 litre water or fish stock
- 1 stick of celery, chopped
- 1 small onion, diced
- Juice of 1½ lemons
- Salt and pepper
- 125 ml olive oil
- ½ teaspoon dijon mustard
Method
- In a saucepan, place the water, celery, onion, the juice of ½ a lemon and a pinch of salt.
- Boil for 10 minutes.
- Add the prawns and simmer for a further 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, to make the dressing, put the juice of 1 lemon, seasoning, olive oil and mustard into a jar and shake until thoroughly mixed.
- Drain the prawn mixture and pour the dressing over it whilst still warm.
Serving suggestions
Serve with crisp lettuce and bread.
Variations
Try this with any small shellfish.
Chef's note
Not for the first time, when I made this, I didn't read the recipe properly and didn't realise that the accompanying vegetables were to be consumed with the prawns, so cut the celery lazily, and as I had no carrots, omitted them and increased parsley and celery leaves to compensate. It was very nice, even so.
When making it agian, I would use the largest seafood that you can find or you'll spend most of the time peeling, rather than eating. Nice though, and the left-over dressing went well with a few more salads.