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Tiger prawns with Italian risotto and cherry tomatoes

BBQ Academy of Jiří Dolenský

Tiger prawns with Italian risotto and cherry tomatoes

You will need:
100g prawns
50ml extra virgin olive oil
50g lemon
salt
pepper
10g chilli peppers
10g garlic
coriander
80g arborio rice
20g white onion
30g butter
100ml chicken broth
5g Parmeggiano
80g cherry tomatoes

Preparation:
- Shell and clean the raw tails of tiger prawns and put to a marinade made of olive oil, lemon juice, chilli peppers, white pepper, coriander leaves and hand-squashed garlic. Leave to rest for at least a day in the fridge to enable the flavours to blend.
- Fry gently your finely chopped white onion in olive oil; it should remain white. Add the arborio rice and pour over a bit of white wine. Fry until dry, then add some more wine and the chicken broth. Don’t cook the rice too soft. Add the Parmeggiano cheese and butter and salt to taste.

Grilling:
- Heat up the grill, then place on it the prawns, oil removed, and grill for about a minute from each side
- Move to a tray and salt with coarse sea salt.
- Take cherry tomatoes rubbed with oil and place them on the grill. Leave them on until they are slightly brown, then add salt and white pepper.
- Dish the risotto, place grilled prawns an cherry tomatoes on top of it and sprinkle with quality olive oil.

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