Potatoes with prawns


Potatoes with prawns
This recipe, originally from Belgium, consists of baked potatoes which are hollowed out and filled with fried prawns. A cream and white wine sauce is then poured over the potatoes before returning them to the oven.
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 35 min.
Cooking: 1 hour 20 min.
All in all: 1 hour 50 min.
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Stage 1 - ⌛ 40 min.
Potatoes with prawns : Stage 1
Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).

Scrub and rinse 8 potatoes; choose medium to large ones.

Bake in the oven.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.
Potatoes with prawns : Stage 2
Peel 200 g cooked prawns and cut into small pieces.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.
Potatoes with prawns : Stage 3
Prepare ½ onion and chop finely.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.
Potatoes with prawns : Stage 4
Melt 30 g butter in a saucepan on medium heat, then add the chopped onion, salt and pepper. Cook for a minute or two while stirring.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 20 min.
Potatoes with prawns : Stage 5
Pour in 500 ml dry white wine, stir well and leave to reduce by 3/4 on low heat.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 3 min.
Potatoes with prawns : Stage 6
Pass the reduced wine and onion through a fine strainer and only keep the liquid. Return this to the pan.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 5 min.
Potatoes with prawns : Stage 7
Pour the cream into the reduced wine and bring to the boil on high heat.

Turn down the heat and leave to thicken to the consistency that suits you.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.
Potatoes with prawns : Stage 8
Melt 30 g butter in a small pan on high heat, then sauter (fry while tossing gently) the prawns just until they begin colour slightly.

Set aside.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 10 min.
Potatoes with prawns : Stage 9
The potatoes are cooked when they yield to the touch or when a knife blade passes through easily.

Cut a "lid" off the top of each potato (less than halfway down).

If necessary, slice a little off the bottom so that the potato stands firmly.

Do not turn the oven off.

Stage 10
Potatoes with prawns : Stage 10
Scoop out the potato flesh with a small spoon or pommes parisiennes spoon.

We will not be using the potato flesh in this recipe, so you can keep this for use in another dish, such as potato purée.

Stage 11 - ⌛ 5 min.
Potatoes with prawns : Stage 11
Fill each potato shell with the prawn pieces and arrange on a baking sheet.

Stage 12 - ⌛ 5 min.
Potatoes with prawns : Stage 12
Pour in the cream sauce and bake in the oven for 5 minutes.

You can put them under the grill to brown the tops.

Stage 13
Potatoes with prawns : Stage 13
Serve piping hot.
Remarks
It is not essential to strain the wine and onion mixture. Leaving the bits of onion will give a more rustic character to the sauce; it's a matter of texture.
And to drink?
The same wine as you used for the sauce. In keeping with origins of the dish, a Belgian white wine, such as an AOC Côtes de Sambre et Meuse.
Keeping: A few days in the fridge, wthout the sauce.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe70 RDI=30 %270 RDI=30 %110 RDI=20 %2,350 RDI=120 %9,840 RDI: 120 %
Per 100 g3 RDI=1 %10 RDI=1 %4 RDI=1 %100 RDI=5 %430 RDI: 5 %
Per person20 RDI=7 %70 RDI=6 %30 RDI=4 %590 RDI=30 %2,460 RDI: 30 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
Possible allergens in this recipe: Shellfish, milk, Sulfites
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 7.60 €
  • Per person : 1.90 €

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