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Ingredients
Prawn oil
- 500 g raw tiger prawns, large (peeled, reserving shells, heads and prawn meat)
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 eschalots cut into halves
- 30 g tomato paste
- 200 g rice bran oil
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 2 tsp ground smoked paprika
- 2 dried bay leaves
XO butter
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 eschalot
- 20 g fresh ginger, peeled
- 2 long red chillies, trimmed
- 25 g prosciutto
- 100 g unsalted butter, softened
- 10 g sesame oil
- 1 tsp honey
- 20 g soy sauce
- 1 lime, juiced
Scallops and prawns
- 250 g water
- 4 fresh scallops, in the shell
- 3 sprigs fresh coriander, leaves only, to garnish
- 1 lime, cut into wedges, to serve
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 3530 kJ / 843.7 kcal
- Protein
- 25.1 g
- Carbohydrates
- 21.5 g
- Fat
- 75.5 g
- Saturated Fat
- 23.7 g
- Fibre
- 4.4 g
- Sodium
- 1514 mg
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