Poached Prawns

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 12 large prawns (i use large shrimp)
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup wine (not too dry)
• 1/2 onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 stalk celery
• 2 ounces butter, unsalted, cut into cubes
• 4 ounces pistachio oil (walnut oil could be substituted)

Recipe

• 1 in a pan, boil water, wine, carrot, celery, salt and pepper to make a broth.
• 2 peel the prawns; discard the heads, keep the tails.
• 3 poach them for 10 minutes in the hot (but not boiling) broth.
• 4 remove 7 oz. stock to another pan, bring to a boil.
• 5 remove from heat and add butter. blend, adding the pistachio oil as you go; season with salt and pepper.
• 6 remove prawns from the liquid and arrange them on a plate, drizzle with the sauce.
• 7 serve with a risotto or pureed artichokes.