Garlic Prawns

Some would say that the garlic prawn is an easy dish. I would argue not.

1 kilo of shelled green prawns

150 ml olive oil

100 grams of butter

10 peeled cloves of garlic

1  teaspoon of finely chopped ginger

1 hot chilli seeded and chopped fine

20 whole black peppercorns broken with the back of the knife

Lay out the prawns on an oven pan, one that can capture the juices.

Mix all ingredients except the oil, smear the butter, herbs and garlic all over the prawns. Place them in the oven pan which has been warming in a hot oven. The butter should melt quickly infusing the herbs, now add the oil stir and place in the oven until the prawns turn pink. Remove and serve immediately. This is a dish best enjoyed without soaking up the juices with a crispy sour dough bread. However if you can not help yourself, enjoy and wash it down with heaps of Pinot Grigio. Never do the Garlic prawns in the frying pan.