1,248 easy and fully explained recipes, with 25,130 photos and 76 videos

Chilli langoustines

The langoustines in this recipe are cooked in two stages: boiled briefly in salted water, then sautéed before being spiced and flambéed in cognac.

They are served here with a creamy sauce and potato grenaille.

26K 18 4.7

Last modified on: October 12^th 2016

Keywords for this recipe:Langoustines Scampi Chili Flambéed Cognac Creamy sauce

For 12 people, you will need:

1 2 kgs 400 g langoustines (scampi)
2 2 kgs 400 g potatoes
3 150 g Clarified butter
4 3 teaspoons chilli powder
5 6 tablespoons Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac)
6 300 ml liquid cream
Total weight: 5,355 grams

Change to the quantities for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

Change measures: Metric

Metric weight Metric volumes

How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
20 min.	49 min.	1 hour 9 min.

At what time:

When will I finish if I start the recipe at ... ?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at ... ?
Work this out...

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

Begin by cooking the langoustines briefly in boiling salted water.

Remove the shells.

Stage 2 - 40 min.

Cook the potato grenaille, then set aside to keep hot.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Melt 150 g Clarified butter in a large frying pan on high heat. When really hot, add the langoustines.

Leave to cook for 1 minute.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add 3 teaspoons chilli powder and leave to cook for 30 seconds while stirring.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Add 6 tablespoons Brandy (Cognac or Armagnac) and bring to the boil, then set alight to flambé.

Remove the langoustines from the pan and set aside to keep hot.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Pour 300 ml liquid cream into the pan, then salt and pepper.

Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat and leave to reduce and thicken.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Transfer the langoustines back to the pan and leave in the sauce for a further 30 seconds on the heat.

Check the seasoning.

Stage 8

Serve on hot plates with the potato grenaille.

Remarks

If you don't have any cognac, you can use Noilly Prat instead.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film. Can be reheated.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
6,446 Kcal or 26,988 Kj	467 gr	479 gr	268 gr
322 %	180 %	45 %	41 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
120 Kcal or 502 Kj	9 gr	9 gr	5 gr
6 %	3 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
537 Kcal or 2,248 Kj	39 gr	40 gr	22 gr
27 %	15 %	4 %	3 %

% 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 12 people : 42.68 €
Per person : 3.56 €

Change currency:

Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Langoustines (scampi): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sesame fried scampi, Scrambled eggs with langoustines and asparagus tips., Langoustine gratin, Langoustine sabayon tart, Langoustine and leek tarts, ... All
	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Home-made potato crisps , Potato and broccoli gratin, Purée of Jerusalem artichokes with foie gras, Minestrone, Piedmont salad, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leek fondue, Smoky sausage and mash, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Filo leeks and cheese tart, Salmon with sorrel, ... All
	Clarified butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Confit of quinces in Macvin, Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", Comtoise apple charlotte, Roscoff salad, Fillets of sole meunière, ... All

Other recipes you may also like

Chestnut cake

This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée.
281K5 1 hour 13 min. May 8^th 2020

Fruit crumble

A fruit pudding: very easy to do and delicious: just a layer of fruit with a golden crunchy topping.
304K4.0 1 hour 11 min. February 21^th 2011

Exotic fruit tart

An exotic fruit tart (bananas, kiwi and pineapple), with crisp pastry and almond cream which are cooked beforehand. It's a rather simple recipe, but the final result will impress your guests.
278K5 2 hours 23 min. May 27^th 2020

Pear tart with almond cream

This is a very quick and easy tart to make, as everything (or almost) can be done in advance. A piece of sweetcrust pastry, some almond cream and pears? You have "everything you need".
325K4.2 1 hour 14 min. March 17^th 2011

Express apple tart

A fine apple tart, very quick to make.
329K 24.6 51 min. April 8^th 2020

News list of cooking-ez.com

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.

Post your comment or question

Follow this recipe

If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.

Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.