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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Last modified on: January 14th 2016
For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
8 potatoes - 2
200 g cooked prawns - 3
½ onion - 4
30 g butter - 5
500 ml dry white wine - 6 30 g butter
- 7
200 ml cream - 8
salt - 9
pepper - Total weight: 2,303 grams
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Time required
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 33 min. | 1 hour 16 min. | 1 hour 49 min. |
Keeping:
A few days in the fridge, wthout the sauce.At what time?
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 40 min.
Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
Scrub and rinse 8 potatoes; choose medium to large ones.
Bake in the oven.
Scrub and rinse 8 potatoes; choose medium to large ones.
Bake in the oven.
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Peel 200 g cooked prawns and cut into small pieces.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
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.
Pour in 500 ml dry white wine, stir well and leave to reduce by 3/4 on low heat.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Pass the reduced wine and onion through a fine strainer and only keep the liquid. Return this to the pan.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
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.
Turn down the heat and leave to thicken to the consistency that suits you.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Stage 9 - 10 min.
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.
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
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.
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.
Fill each potato shell with the prawn pieces and arrange on a baking sheet.
Stage 12 - 5 min.
Pour in the cream sauce and bake in the oven for 5 minutes.
You can put them under the grill to brown the tops.
You can put them under the grill to brown the tops.
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.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 7.58 €
- Per person : 1.90 €
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.
Source
Home madeMore recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Dry white wine: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quiche Bretonne, Spaghetti with mushrooms, Rillons de Tours, Winegrowers' sausage casserole, Mushrooms on toast, French style, ... All |
| Cooked prawns: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Scandinavian cocktail, Quiche Bretonne, Avocado with Sautéed Prawns , Surprise eggs, Normandy seafood stew, ... All |
| Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) purée, Crispy spinach rolls, Scallops with fondue of leeks, Breton Pie, Chocolate cream, ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: X-Files cookies, Potato Waffles with Smoked Salmon, Nanou's chocolate cake, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Cigarettes Russes (Piroulines), ... All |
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