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Kataifi-Wrapped Prawns with Lemon Garlic Butter
With Christmas just around the corner and the Party Season in full swing, it’s dishes like these that make celebrations so special. While prawns may be more expensive than you would normally budget for, you can find regular specials , so snap them up when you can and freeze them until you are ready to cook with them. Once you thaw them, cook them as soon as possible.
Kataifi pastry is a Greek speciality and you can find it in larger supermarkets in the freezer section near filo. It is the same consistency as filo pastry but shredded - looks like a bunch of straw, but simply tease it out. A little goes a long way – one packet of pastry will do for 20 prawns.
KATAIFI WRAPPED PRAWNS WITH LEMON GARLIC BUTTER
Serves 4 as a main meal or 6 as an entree
INGREDIENTS
- 20 large green prawns
- 100g butter
- 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- Zest and juice of 2 lemons
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 350g pack Kataifi pastry
- A little oil spray
DIRECTIONS
- To prepare the prawns, remove their heads and peel the shells away from the body, leaving the tail intact. Use a small sharp knife to slice along the back of each prawn, then de-vein them.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Add the finely chopped garlic and lemon zest and sauté for 2 minutes until fragrant. Add the lemon juice and season with a little salt and pepper. Pour half the garlic butter over the prawns and toss thoroughly to coat the. Set the remaining butter sauce aside in a small bowl, ready to serve.
- Turn the air-chef on and preheat to 180°C. Line the base of the tray with a sheet of foil.
- Remove the pastry from the bag and gently tease out the strands.
- Remove a small bunch of about 1 tablespoons of pastry and lay it in a 15cm strand on the clean bench top. Place one butter and garlic-soaked prawn at one end of the pastry and roll it up to completely coat the prawn but leave the tail exposed. The buttery coating should help the pastry stick to the prawn. Repeat with remaining prawns and pastry.
- Spray the kataifi-wrapped prawns with some oil spray. Place the prawns in the air-fryer basket and set the timer to 10 minutes. When the timer bell goes off, open the air-fryer, and use long-handled tongs to move the prawns around to expose the undercooked parts. Return the basket to the airfryer and cook for a further 5 minutes. Move the prawns around again and cook for a final 5 minutes.
- Serve the hot and crunchy prawns on a large platter with a few salad leaves and wedges of lemon or lime near by. Have the butter close by so that everyone can serve themselves. Serve at once.
Recipe created and shared by Sandra Reynolds
Sandra Reynolds has written over 1000 nutritious budget-friendly recipes for her blog The $120 Food Challenge, surviving unemployment payments and Aldi checkout lines along the way and turned personal adversity into a thriving blog.
Her first cookbook, The $120 Food Challengeis published by Penguin Viking and Sandra is now writing her second cookbook. She still shops at Aldi every week.
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24 November 2014
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24 November 2014
My partner would love a deep fryer but I won't let him get one. This would make both of us happy. I would make all manner of delicious fried (not fried
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24 November 2014
Its speed, compact size, ease of operation and cleanliness make it the perfect fit. I would make marinated chicken wings with salad. Perfect for summer.
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24 November 2014
I would love to be able to create fish and chips at home with a crispy batter. Id get the satisfaction of cooking it myself
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24 November 2014
Now is the time to bring back (a much healthier version of) a good old favourite, the delicious, biscuit crumbed Black Forest Ice cream balls.
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24 November 2014
This would be the perfect addition to our kitchen because with two kids and two dogs, frying anything in oil on the stove always scares me a little! Safe, efficient and healthy, I would love to cook up some french fries for our next burger night. Thanks for the chance!
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24 November 2014
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24 November 2014
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24 November 2014
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24 November 2014
This machine would be a godsend for the kids, mini spring rolls nuggets chips all those trans fat gatherer's would now become healthier, my husband could also do with a bit of cholesterol lowering
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24 November 2014
This would be a fantastic addition to my kitchen!!
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24 November 2014
Since I am drooling the first thing I would cook is Kataifi-Wrapped Prawns with Lemon Garlic Butter, but I am also excited as we love chips, this would be perfect
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24 November 2014
I have avoided cooking any fried food for a long time; but with the Kambrook Air Chef Air Frying Oven we could finally enjoy fish and chips or other usually 'fatty' snacks again.
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24 November 2014
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24 November 2014
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24 November 2014
If I had one of these I could actually eat chips more often. I could even cook sweet potato for me and normal for him, so many possibilities
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24 November 2014
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24 November 2014
this would be an awesome way to experiment with healthier food choices in our family, i have just lost 41 kg and have a long way to go to get to a healthy weight. this would be ideal. the recipe looks great too
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24 November 2014
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