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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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23 November 2014
Forgot to add - it would be great for our family while trying to lead a healthier lifestyle.
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23 November 2014
Perfect addition to the kitchen of this fat loving family, all the yum without the badness!!!
Would make so many things in it, but first and foremost my to die for Curry Puffs -
23 November 2014
This air-fryer would suit me perfectly as it uses less oil which reduces the fat content. I would create my famous lamb shank roast.
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23 November 2014
I’m getting healthy so would love to incorporate air-fried food into my diet. I’d love to try making air fried crumbed chicken breast to have with salad and air-fried chips.
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23 November 2014
What a nifty device. Very easy to use and I'd love one.
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23 November 2014
Looks good
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23 November 2014
Look decent
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23 November 2014
Looks alright
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24 November 2014
Perfect in our retirement saving us calories and dollars. I'd cook guilt free chips and fish!
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24 November 2014
A Kambrook Air Chef Airfrying Oven would look so impressive in my kitchen and would love to try frying some homemade samosas in this fabulous ovens...yummy!
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24 November 2014
I'd be making my yummy parmesan chicken in a far healthier way thanks to this wonderful device!
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24 November 2014
I love sweet potato fries as a treat,
But when air fried it's something we could regularly eat!
Filled with Vitamin A,
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24 November 2014
Wow tasty on the lips as well as being kind on the hips, love it!!
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24 November 2014
Wow I actually found this blog while doing research for this machine so thank you for recipes and review.
As much as I love fried foods I often tend to avoid them due to the health factor so I would love the capabilities of Kambrook's Air Chef so that I can put fish and chips, spring rolls and risotto balls back on the menu! -
24 November 2014
I did't realise that you can cook a small roast in the air fryer, it would be perfect for the two of us especially in Summer
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24 November 2014
This is definitely what I need in my life and my new healthy lifestyle
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24 November 2014
This machine looks awesome! I'd love to make healthy chips as being pregnant and craving them a healthy alternative would be great!
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24 November 2014
With a family of diabetics and weightwatchers, I would be able to give them some of their favourite foods that at present are denied to them for health reasons, what a wonderful machine!
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24 November 2014
I have never owned a fryer as i didn't want to be using extra fats in my cooking but the Kambrook Air Fryer would be perfect solution! and my kids could have chips "quote" like they do at their friends house!
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I had no idea as to what I would cook - but after seeing this recipe I'd be cooking this!!! YUM!