Prawns Marinade (Escabeche de Gambas)

- 1/2 kg de prawns
- 1 Bay leaf
- Some cloves
- Parsley
- 3 garlic cloves
- 4-5 fresh almonds
- 2 fried bread slices
- 2-3 small pieces of orange skin
- Some threads of saffron
- 1 Tbspoon of Beef Flavoured Powder
- A pinch of salt
- Some vinegar (to taste)
- 1/2 L. of water
- 6 Tbspoons of flour
- 2 Eggs

Boil the prawns, peel off the prawns, keeping the liquid of the prawns (including heads and skin) for later use.

Place in a soup dish the flour and in another the whipped eggs.
Coat the prawns first in flour, and then in the egg.
Fry them and keep them back.

Take the boiling liquid of the prawns (including heads and skin), beat it and pour through a fine sieve. Keep it for later use.
Slightly toast in a pan the bay leaf, the cloves and the parsley.  Then place them in a mortar.

In the same pan, add some drops of olive oil and roast a little the almonds and one garlic clove.

Then place them also in the same mortar as before and add the rest of the garlic cloves, the orange skin pieces, the saffron, the beef flavoured powder and a pinch of salt and then, crush all.

Once all those ingredients are crushed, pour over it the liquid of boiling the prawns. Beat well.

Used some vinegar if needed to add a bit of flavour.
It may also accept a bit of water as well to avoid thickness.

Place in a bowl, add the coated prawns.

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