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Scampi with tartare sauce
Photo: Ernest Porzi

Scampi with tartare sauce

13 ingredients 30 min + 20 min Serves 2 openrecipes
Scampi with tartare sauce

Crispy beer battered langoustine or prawn tails with a mayo-based dip of gherkins, capers and herbs

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

713
Calories
21g
Protein
20g
Fat
104g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Beer 1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking 43
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Capers 1 tbsp (9g) drained 2
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Prawn not in our table 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

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

  • 15-20 langoustine or Dublin Bay prawn tails
  • vegetable or sunflower oil , for frying
  • 140g plain flour
  • 85g cornflour
  • 150ml beer
  • 100ml sparkling water
  • lemon wedges and chips , to serve
  • 6 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1 gherkin or 6 cornichons, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp capers , rinsed and chopped
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp chopped parsley
  • 2 tsp chopped tarragon

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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