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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 14^th 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

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

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.

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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.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Peel 200 g cooked prawns and cut into small pieces.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Prepare ½ onion and chop finely.

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.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

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.

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 : Photo of step #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 : Photo of step #11

Fill each potato shell with the prawn pieces and arrange on a baking sheet.

Stage 12 - 5 min.

Potatoes with prawns : Photo of step #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 : Photo of step #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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,349 Kcal or 9,835 Kj	69 gr	267 gr	112 gr
117 %	27 %	25 %	17 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
102 Kcal or 427 Kj	3 gr	12 gr	5 gr
5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
587 Kcal or 2,458 Kj	17 gr	67 gr	28 gr
29 %	7 %	6 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 7.58 €
Per person : 1.90 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Dry white wine: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hollandaise sauce, Seafood sauerkraut, Béarnaise sauce, Montbenoit's canapés, Blanquette of veal, ... All
	Cooked prawns: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Surprise eggs, Avocado with Sautéed Prawns , Scandinavian cocktail, Normandy seafood stew, Quiche Bretonne, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Lille style chicken, Chocolate muffins, Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , Elsa's Comtoise galette, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cauliflower "moelleux" in ramekins, Cod loin with saffron, Gratin Parmentier, French Family Cake, Chicken Brussels pie, ... All

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