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Gambas a la Plancha (Spanish Grilled Prawns)

Name: Gambas a la Plancha (Spanish Grilled Prawns)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spain
Ingredients: large prawns, shell on 700 g; garlic, thinly sliced 40 g; olive oil 80 ml; smoked paprika 3 g; lemon wedges 2 pieces; flat parsley 10 g; fine sea salt 12 g

Prawns grilled on hot iron with garlic and olive oil.

35 minutes · 4 servings · Easy

Gambas a la plancha are the plate that tells you whether a restaurant understands the Spanish coast: prawns onto very hot iron with barely anything else. Garlic and coarse salt go on only after they come off the heat, which keeps the flesh sweet and the shells red. Anything more substantial in the pan turns them into a different dish entirely.

Ingredients

large prawns, shell on700 g
garlic, thinly sliced40 g
olive oil80 ml
smoked paprika3 g
lemon wedges2 pieces
flat parsley10 g
fine sea salt12 g

Directions

1
Salt the prawns and let them sit 10 minutes while the iron heats.
2
Sear the prawns on very hot iron 3 minutes per side until the shells blister.
the shells are blistered and the prawns are opaque
3
Add the garlic, oil and paprika to the pan and baste 3 minutes.

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