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King prawns pancake with cardinal sauce

Pancakes are all about a very versatile preparation, combining fine all kinds of ingredients, both sweet and salty. In this recipe we propose to fill them with a mix made of king prawns, tomatoes and leeks, seasoned with salsa cardinale. As a result we will get an original and tasty main dish that can be prepared in just half an hour.

30 min
4 persons
Difficulty Medium

Ingredients of the recipe

1 box of Argentinean red shrimp 400 g Grand Krust,
1 leek,
1 clove garlic,
2 ripe tomatoes,
4 pancakes,
coriander,
500 ml liquid cream,
salt,
white pepper,
olive oil,
pinch of sugar

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Nutritional information

Energy440 Kcal
Proteins17.9 g
Carbohydrates43.2 g
Fats20.9 g

Step by Step of Recipe

Step 1

Peel the king prawns
Peel the king prawns, remove the heads and the intestines of the prawns’ tails.

Step 2

Cook the heads with liquid cream
Sauté the heads during thirty seconds, add the liquid cream, salt and pepper, and let it simmer until it reaches the desired thickness.

Step 3

Prepare the sauce
We pass the sauce through a chinois strainer, pressing the heads in order to obtain a maximum taste.

Step 4

Sauté the leek
Julienne the white part of the leek, and put it in a pan with a dash of olive oil. Sauté it till it gets tender, but does not get color.

Step 5

While leek is cooking, cut tomatoes in a cross-shaped forms, and blanch them in a pot with boiling water. When the tomatoes are ready, we peel them, remove the seeds and cut them into cubes.

Step 6

Add the garlic and the king prawns
Add the chopped garlic and leeks, and let it cook for a couple of minutes. Add the king prawns, sauté them for a couple of minutes and season them.

Step 7

Add the tomatoes, cilantro and a pinch of sugar
Add the tomatoes, chopped cilantro, a pinch of sugar and let cook for five whole minutes over medium heat. Add salt if necessary.