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RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Crostini with prawns on parmesan pea puree

Nagi Maehashi
Nagi Maehashi

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This crostini is a great way to make prawns go further for an entree.
This crostini is a great way to make prawns go further for an entree.William Meppem

What's a Christmas without prawns? This is a good way to make less go further and the pea puree provides a terrific colour base for pink prawns.

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Ingredients

Crostini

  • 1 rustic or sourdough baguette

  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

  • 1 garlic clove, cut in half (skin on is fine)

Pea puree

  • 150g frozen peas

  • ½ small garlic clove, minced

  • 1½ tbsp finely grated parmesan

  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

  • ¼ tsp each salt and pepper

  • 1½ tbsp finely chopped mint leaves

  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

Prawn topping

  • 500g small cooked prawns, unpeeled (or 250g peeled)

  • extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling

  • 1½ tbsp finely chopped parsley

  • 1½ tbsp finely chopped large red chilli

Method

  1. 1. Preheat oven to 160C fan-forced (180C conventional).

    2. To make the crostini, slice bread on the diagonal into 0.5cm-thick slices. Spread on a tray, lightly brush both sides with olive oil, and sprinkle lightly with salt. Bake for 5 minutes.

    3. Remove from the oven and rub the surface lightly with garlic. Bake for a further 5 minutes or until completely crisp. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool before topping.

    4. To make the pea puree, boil the peas until soft, following packet directions, then drain well. Transfer to a small bowl. Add garlic, parmesan, olive oil, and salt and pepper. Blitz with a hand-held stick blender until smooth. Stir through the mint and lemon juice. Set aside to cool.

    5. To prepare the prawns, peel then chop meat into 1cm pieces.

    6. To serve, smear the crostini with the pea puree, pile on the chopped prawns, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with the parsley and chilli.

    This recipe features in Nagi Maehashi's festive spread for $20 a head.

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Nagi MaehashiRecipeTin Eats aka Nagi Maehashi is a Good Food columnist, bestselling cookbook and recipe writer.

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