Pan-fried prawns & coconut milk risotto
The chef, Benoist Gérard has concocted his delicious recipe for pan-fried prawns and coconut milk risotto.
Recipe for 8 people.
- 24 prawns
- 2 tablespoons black sesame seeds
- Prawns juice with squid ink :
- prawn heads
- 1 stick of lemongrass
- 30 g of ginger
- 1 onion
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 tablespoon curry paste
- 10 cl of white wine
- 25 cl coconut milk
- 25 cl coconut cream
- 4 sachets of cuttlefish ink
- Risotto with coconut milk :
- 300 g Arborio rice
- 1 onion
- 10 cl of white wine
- 1.5 litres of coconut milk
- 50 g butter
- 50 g grated Parmesan cheese
- Other :
- Olive oil, fresh coriander, salt, pepper, butter.
- 1Pan-fried prawns : Shell the prawns and keep the heads. Bread the tails with black sesame and cook them with butter and olive oil. Keep them warm.
- 2Gambas juice : In a large saucepan, fry the prawn heads in olive oil. Add the chopped onion, ginger, garlic and lemongrass. Complete with the curry paste. Cook for about 3 minutes. Deglaze with the white wine. Moisten with 1 litre of water and cook until the volume of water has halved. Add the milk and coconut cream. Cook for another 5 minutes, simmering. Chinoiser, add the doses of squid ink and adjust the seasoning. Keep it warm. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
- 3Risotto : In a frying pan, brown the chopped onion with the olive oil. Add the rice and pearl it for a few minutes. Deglaze with the white wine and then cook the risotto, feeding it with the hot coconut milk as you go along. Finish with the butter and parmesan.
- 4Service : In a warm plate, using a circle, arrange your risotto. Pour the sauce around it then arrange your prawns harmoniously. Decorate with coriander. Once your risotto is finished, add chopped coriander.