Christmas Seafood Recipes

Sea Food Starters

These holidays always have been remembered for traditional main dishes and desserts, but I always remembered as well for the sea-food starters, so creamy and refreshing before the mains.

Prawn rocket salad Serves 4 – 175kcal -  Time25 minutes

Baked Prawns with rocket salad

You need: 500g king tiger prawns – 4 garlic cloves (chopped) – 100g rocket salad – 1 tbsp oregano – 2 bay leaves – 50ml dry white wine – 25ml brandy – 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar.

1. Remove the shell and head of the prawns just leaving the tail. Put them in an oven tray  and season with sea-salt and sprinkle over 3 tbsp of olive oil.
2. Them scatter over the chopped garlic and  oregano. Pour over the white wine and brandy.
3. Put them in a pre-heated oven at 200ºC for about 10 minutes.
4. Meanwhile in a bowl dress the salad with balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
5. Place some salad in each dish and top with the prawns and some juices from the oven tray.

Smoked Salmon with Prawns Serves 6 – Kcal 210 – Time 25 min.

Smoked oak salmon with prawns mousse

You need: 240g raw small prawns (knows as Canadian) peeled and defrosted if you bought frozen ones -
350g sliced smoked salmon (6 slices reserve) - 2 chicory heads - 200g ricotta – 1 lemon juice - A bunch of chives.

1. First separate in a delicate way the chicory heads leaves, wash them very well and put in a bowl with cold water and 1 tbsp. of vinegar for 4 minutes. Wash again and let drain.
2. Chop the prawns and smoked salmon.
3. In a bowl stir in the ricotta and then add the chopped salmon and prawns, season with plenty black pepper (to taste) and mix everything very well. Chill in the fridge.
4. Then mix the lemon juice, 15g of chives and 3 tbsp. of extra virgin olive oil for make a dressing.
5. In individual plates, first place 1 reserved salmon slice on the plate, top with 2 chicory leaves, and fill them with a tbsp. of ricotta mixture. Arrange and drizzle over some of the dressing and garnish with thinly sliced chives.

Stuffed baby gem lettuce Serves 6 – Kcal 300 - Time 25 min.

Baby gem lettuce are more bitter and intense, ideal for a snack

You need: 2 gem lettuce (or chicory heads) – 4 crab stick – 5 king prawns (cooked) – 50g Canadian prawns – 6  onions and 4 cornichons pickled – 1 boiled egg – 8 green olive – Capers – Cocktail sauce.

1. First separate in a delicate way the chicory heads leaves, wash them very well and put in a bowl with cold water and 1 tbsp. of vinegar for 4 minutes. Wash again and let drain. Reserve aside the lettuce hearts
2. Finely chop the prawns and crab sticks. Put in a bowl. Now also chop finely the pickled onion and cornichons, olives and egg. Stir in the bowl and mix very well. Season. Stir again.
3. Cut in thin shreds the lettuce hearts leftovers and add to the mix with 3 tbsp. of cocktail sauce. Mix all very well.
4. In a serving dish place the drain lettuce leaves and fill them with the seafood mixture.
5. Spread over a little extra cocktail sauce and sprinkle some capers and put in the centre of the table

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Christmas Seafood Recipes