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Butter-poached prawns with warm garden salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Butter-poached prawns with warm garden salad

15 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 2 openrecipes

Cook this sophisticated starter for a romantic dinner for two. Use the best quality prawns that you can afford to make this extra special.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

731
Calories
42g
Protein
31g
Fat
80g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Corn 1/2 cup kernels (82g) 77
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 new potatoes
  • 1 corn on the cob
  • 200g/7oz unsalted butter
  • 10 Strangford prawnsprawns
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • sprig fresh thyme
  • sprig fresh basil
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 200ml/7fl oz chicken stock
  • 1 lemon
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 2 ripe plum tomatoes
  • 1 round lettuce
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 fennel

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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