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.
91,9173.7/5 for 19 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: January 14th 2016
For 4 people, you will need:
8 
½ 
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. |
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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.
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.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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 7.58 €
- Per person : 1.90 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Dry white wine: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Purple artichokes braised in white wine, Creamy risotto with vegetables , Scallops with crunchy vegetables and wine sabayon, Winegrowers' sausage casserole, How to prepare cockles, ... All |
 | Cooked prawns: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Surprise eggs, Quiche Bretonne, Scandinavian cocktail, Normandy seafood stew, Avocado with Sautéed Prawns , ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mirlitons, Mini cheese and mustard toasts, Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), Stock-pot fish , "Day After Pork Belly" Soup, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Surprise eggs, Muffin dough, Provençal colombier for Pentecost, How to prepare cockles, How to prevent butter burning during cooking, ... All |
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