Ingredients to make American style prawns:
- For 5 people:
- 15 large prawns
- 250 gr. of tomatoes
- A small glass of brandy
- 2 shallots or small onions
- 1/2 glass of olive oil
- 50 gr. of butter
- 20 gr. Of flour
- 1 tablespoon (soup) of concentrated tomato
- a bit of tarragon
- For the fish broth:
- 500 gr. of fish bones
- 1 onion
- A sprig of parsley
- 50 gr. of mushrooms
- 1 lemon
- 1 glass of dry white wine
- Salt
How to make American style prawns:
- Prepare the fish broth: Put in a saucepan the bones, the heads of the prawns, the onion cut into large pieces, the parsley, the mushrooms, a little salt and pepper, the glass of wine, the lemon juice and finally a liter of water.
- Bring to a boil and skim off any foam that occurs.
- Lower the heat and let cook for an hour.
- The prawns: Peel the bodies of the prawns.
- Peel, seed and cut the tomatoes into small pieces.
- Also chop the shallots.
- Heat the oil in a wide frying pan until it smokes a little, add the prawns and fry them until a nice color is obtained.
- Then add the brandy and flame it; then introduce the tomatoes, shallots and fish stock.
- Let cook for 15 minutes.
- Then remove the prawns and keep them warm.
- Then add the tomato concentrate to the pan and mix well.
- Let it cook over high heat so that the whole is reduced a bit.
- Mix 20 g of butter with 20 g of flour and add this mixture to the previous preparation in order to obtain a perfect bond.
- Check for seasoning.
- Introduce the remaining 30 g of butter into the container and incorporate them with the help of a hand mixer.
- Pass the whole through a Chinese or potato mill and then add the finely chopped parsley and tarragon.
- Place the prawns in the serving dish and cover them with the sauce we have obtained.
