Transport your self to the bustling streets of Barcelona with this tantalizing aspect of smoky prawns, flame cooked in a sauce of paprika, white wine, lemon, and parsley. Deliver it out to impress hungry company at your subsequent banquet, or just take pleasure in it for a midweek deal with with a crisp glass of Verdejo. This recipe from Ooni Ambassador Alberto Zanrosso is simple to recreate at residence, even when you aren’t hand choosing your substances from the famend markets of Boqueria and Santa Caterina like Alberto prefers to do (Jealous but?).
The standout taste of this dish needs to be the seafood, so when you can, attempt to supply native, contemporary prawns out of your nearest fishmonger or specialty market. You need to use prawns from the grocery retailer, however make sure that to defrost them first, since they might be considerably frozen. The prawns cook dinner shortly and don’t require a lot warmth, so this dish is ideal for getting a cocktail party began whilst you preheat the oven, or for ending the social gathering because it cools down.
Yield
Serves 2 as a major or 4 as a aspect
Gear
Ooni Pizza Oven
Ooni Infrared Thermometer
Ooni Cast Iron Pan
Ooni Pizza Oven Gloves
Substances
18 ounces (500 grams) complete king prawns
Beneficiant pinch kosher salt
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
5 garlic cloves, chopped
1 teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons dry sherry or dry white wine
Juice of ½ lemon
½ cup (60 grams) contemporary parsley, chopped
Technique
Fireplace up your Ooni pizza oven. Goal for 360°F (180°C) on the stone baking board inside. In the event you’re cooking with wooden and charcoal, construct the fireplace as much as a low flame, utilizing simply charcoal if attainable. Cooking with gasoline? Preheat the oven on the very best setting for five minutes, then regulate the dial to its lowest setting.
To arrange the prawns. take away the top and peel off the outer shell, stopping on the base of the tail.
As soon as the shell has been eliminated, verify for the intestinal tract (the darkish line working down the again of the prawn). Whereas suitable for eating, it can provide the prawn a grainy texture and destroy the flavour, so that you’ll need to take away it. Use a pointy paring knife to make a small incision down the again of the prawn and devein it. Repeat for the remaining prawns.
Pat the ready prawns dry and season with a beneficiant pinch of kosher salt. Put aside, coated, whilst you put together the forged iron.
Brush the pan with the olive oil and place it within the oven till it’s shimmering however not smoking, then take away it and add the garlic. Prepare dinner exterior the oven for as much as 1 minute, or till the garlic begins to tan. Add the shrimp and put the pan within the oven for 90 seconds. Take away, give the contents of the pan a toss, then return to the oven to cook dinner for one more 90 seconds. Watch the prawns carefully. Search for the flesh to show an opaque, pearly pink. The time it takes will rely on the dimensions of the prawns, so control the colour and periodically shake the pan to make sure they cook dinner evenly. As soon as cooked, add the paprika and cook dinner for 30 seconds extra.
Take away the pan and stir within the sherry or wine, lemon juice, and parsley. Serve instantly.
