Recipe Prawns Alla Busara (Prawns in a garlic, tomato, white wine and chilli sauce)

[rjchurch47]

Alla Busara is a traditional sauce for cooking shellfish in Croatia. It is a simple a "quick" method which historically hid the quality of the fish.

Decide on your shellfish, cook it then mix it through the cooked sauce. The sauce should be enough for 4-6 people.

Ingredients

• Raw prawns x 6-12 (Depending on size)
• Large tomatoes x 2
• Garlic cloves x 3
• Shallots x 3
• Tomato paste x 15ml / 1tbsp
• Panko Breadcrumbs x 30ml / 2 tbsp
• Chilli flakes
• Saffron strands
• Salt x 5ml / 1tsp
• Black pepper
• Flatleaf parsley
• White wine x 250ml
• Good quality olive oil x 100ml (plus extra to dress)
• Water x 100ml

Method

1. Finely chop the garlic and shallots. Peel, deseed and chop the tomatoes. Chop the parsley.
2. Set a frying pan over a medium-high heat and add c 70ml of olive oil. Add the garlic and shallots.
3. Once they are sizzling add the tomato paste, and stir to ensure the garlic and shallots are coated.
4. Add the chopped tomatoes, chilli, saffron and half the salt cook briefly for c 5 mins, add the wine and water.
5. Bring to the boil - stir making sure nothing is sticking and reduce the heat to a simmer and reduce for c. 20 minutes.
6. When the sauce is almost ready - after c 15 mins cook your shellfish in the remaining olive oil in another pan (don't overcook them). Remove them from the heat once cooked and add them to simmering sauce.
7. Add breadcrumbs to "thicken" the sauce and season with black pepper. Ensure everything is hot before serving and dress with the chopped parsley and a drizzle of olive oil.