Prawn Saganaki Sandwich

If you're cool, this summer you've been to Greece.

10 (plus marinating time) minutes prep

20 minutes cook

Serves 1

Hugh Woodward
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Ingredients

  • 400gshelled prawns
  • 1 tspflaked sea salt
  • 1 tsp chilli flakes
  • 1 tsp crushed black pepper
  • 1 tbsplemon juice
  • 75ml olive oil
  • 120gfeta
  • 1 lemon, zest grated and juiced
  • 250gfull fat Greek yoghurt
  • 2 largetomatoes
  • 2 tbsppine nuts
  • to tasteparsley
  • 1 ciabatta

And what could be more Greek than prawn saganaki? It's like eating the Aegean sea. We are not in Greece but on a fire escape in South London, so we've adapted the recipe accordingly. From a stew it's turned into a sandwich, and from cooked tomatoes we've gone to fresh to celebrate this most summery of ingredients.

Method

  • Mix the prawns with the sea salt, chilli, pepper, lemon juice and olive oil.
  • Leave the prawns to marinade in the fridge for an hour then skewer them onto flat skewers and set aside.
  • Light the BBQ (be it coals or gas) and let it come up/down to temperature - you want it fiercely hot.
  • Use a food processor to blitz the feta, lemon zest and juice and yoghurt to make your whipped feta. Set aside.
  • Use the coarse side of a box grater to grate your tomato then season lightly with salt.
  • Grill the prawns and toast the ciabatta on the BBQ, then build the sandwich - one toasted slice of bread, whipped feta, pine nuts, parsley and prawns. Spread the grated tomato over the other piece of toasted bread to complete the sandwich.

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    Hugh's culinary life began aged 14 when he cooked spaghetti hoop burritos to impress girls. Since then his colourful career has taken him to performing in Skegness, making cheese in Peckham, running a wine bar on Columbia Road and reluctantly working in a (briefly) Michelin Starred restaurant. He likes fish, things cooked on charcoal, cheap dinners and London's rich cultural tapestry of food shops. When he's not cooking or eating he can be found mudlarking by the river Thames, buying bits in flea markets and hanging out with his cat Keith.

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