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Recipe: Tobie Puttock’s BBQ Prawn, Ciabatta and Pancetta Skewers with Salsa Dragoncello

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Serves: 4

Ingredients

For the prawns

  • 12 medium green king prawns
  • 12 slices of flat pancetta
  • ? small loaf of ciabatta
  • 4 large rosemary sprigs or 12 smaller ones
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Freshly cracked pepper

For the salsa dragoncello

  • 3 slices of ciabatta, crust removes
  • ? cup red wine vinegar
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled
  • Pinch of sea salt
  • 4 anchovy fillets
  • Small handful (1/4 cup) picked tarragon, coarsely chopped
  • ? cup extra virgin olive oil

Method

Remove almost all of the rosemary from the sprig leaving just around 5cm of rosemary intact at the end of the sprig

Peel and devein the prawns removing the head and leaving the tails intact.

Cut the half ciabatta into cubes of around 2cm cubed. Wrap a strip of pancetta around each piece of ciabatta.

Place a piece of the cubed bread wrapped in pancetta up to the end of each skewer, fold a prawn over itself and pop it on the skewer pushing it right up to the bread. Repeat this process allowing for three prawns and three pieces of bread on each rosemary skewer. Alternatively this can be done on smaller pieces of rosemary using just one prawn and one piece of ciabatta.

To make the salsa dragoncello place the bread in the vinegar and allow it soak for 15 minutes.

Place the garlic into a mortar with a pinch of salt and pound using a pestle until you have a paste; incorporate the anchovy into this mixture. Remove the pestle and place aside. Squeeze out any remaining vinegar from the bread and place into the pestle along with the chopped tarragon and stir using a spoon, gradually add ? cup of extra virgin olive oil just a little at a time until it has emulsified. Season with freshly cracked pepper.

Brush the prawns with a small amount of extra virgin olive oil and grill/ BBQ over a high heat for 3-4 minutes turning every minute or so.

Serve the cooked prawns with the salsa dragoncello drizzled to the side.

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