Spot Prawns with Garlic, Sorrel, and White Wine
- 1 cup millet, soaked in cold water for 1 to 12 hours and drained
- 1/2 cup almonds, coarsely chopped
- 7 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 shallots, thinly sliced
- 1 bunch green Swiss chard, stems removed and coarsely chopped
- 1 bunch sorrel, trimmed
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1/4 cup vegetable or chicken stock
- 1 1/4 pounds spot prawns, peeled, deveined, and thawed
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- In a saucepan or teakettle, bring 2 cups water to a boil.
- In a separate saucepan, heat the millet over medium heat, stirring frequently, until it is mostly dry.
- Stir in the almonds, 3 tablespoons of the olive oil, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt.
- Add the boiling water to the millet.
- Decrease the heat and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and let the millet rest, covered, for 5 minutes.
- Fluff with a fork and set aside.
- Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and add 2 tablespoons of the olive oil.
- Add the shallots and cook until they begin to brown, then add the chard and sorrel and cook until slightly wilted, about 1 minute.
- Add the wine and stock, and bring to a boil.
- Decrease the heat slightly and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes, to let the liquid reduce and thicken.
- Season to taste with salt.
- Transfer the greens and cooking liquid to a large bowl.
- Heat the skillet over high heat and add the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil.
- Add the prawns and cook for 1 minute, undisturbed, until the bottoms turn pink.
- Season the prawns with salt.
- Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Add the greens to the prawns and cook everything together for 30 seconds.
- Turn off the heat and stir in the butter.
- Taste and season.
- To serve, put a few heaping spoonfuls of millet on each plate, followed by the prawns.
- Pour the sauce over the top and season with pepper.
- Wild-caught spot prawns from British Columbia are a responsible seafood choice because they are caught with underwater traps, which, although they attract fish, hold them alive until they can be released.
- The problem with many other types of shrimp is that they are usually caught using trawl nets that catch everything in their path, including endangered species.
- A typical shrimp fishery hauls in 3 to 15 pounds of unwanted animals that are returned to the sea dead for every pound of shrimp caught, so the method used for catching spot prawns is far more eco-friendly.
millet, almonds, olive oil, salt, shallots, green swiss chard, sorrel, white wine, vegetable, spot prawns, garlic, red pepper, unsalted butter
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/spot-prawns-with-garlic-sorrel-and-white-wine-381386 (may not work)