so starting from the garlic prawns, the brainstorming begins - garlic prawns would go well with a lemon linguinni, and what about the prawn shells? why not try a chilli prawn oil so they dont go to waste? and maybe pasta's not enough, should also make a salad? theres a really cool cucumber and pomegranate salad i want to try too!!
and thats how things go out of control...
certainly didnt help when i found out in between all the pots and pans and boiling and frying that i had to do a work conference call last night!!!
-Garlic prawns + lemon linguinni with chilli prawn oil-
i gave up on using fresh breadcrumb for the garlic prawns which could have given it a better texture. lemon linguinni is actually quite simple *so i'm not sure why its taken me so long...* keeping it simple, i only used onion, garlic, stock, lemon juice and zest, lime juice and a hint of chilli. just before dishing up, chuck in a handful of rocket! the chilli prawn oil took a while, and in the end i wasnt sure whether it was worth it, as i could hardly taste it when i only had little droplets here and there =.=
now with the salad, it was a bit more fiddly than i expect. the cucumber had to be shaved into long ribbons. with chopped mint, celery heart and pan fried almond flakes. hubby dealt with the pomegrante and did a great job taking the pome seeds out!! then to find that the fetta cheese in the fridge has gone MOULDY :(
-Shaved cucumber + pomegranate salad-
the dressing is simple enough - just white wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil. initially i was worried that the salad has no salty and creamy element that the fetta cheese is meant to give, but luckily the salad still tastes really good without the cheese, thanks to the pome seeds!! little bursts of sweetness explodes in the mouth and went perfectly with the crunchy almond. will definitely make this again, and make sure that i have fetta cheese next time!! :)
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