Warm Roast Potato and Shrimp Salad
- 4 large potatoes (or 8 smaller ones, or baby potatoes, about 2 - 2 1/2 lb)
- 4 tablespoons oil (of your taste)
- 4 tablespoons butter (or olive oil)
- 1 lb shrimp (large, headless, peeled, raw, can be frozen, 500g)
- 12 cup cream (not a thick cream)
- 12 cup mayonnaise (not too bland)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice (or lemon juice)
- 1 tablespoon lime zest (or lemon zest)
- 1 teaspoon mustard, smooth
- 3 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped (about, can use more or less)
- 1 tablespoon salt, flaky sea salt (or to taste)
- 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
- Heat oven to 400 deg F/200 deg Celsius.
- (It's easiest to buy a prepared frozen pack of raw shrimps: these are easily defrosted in a sieve under a cold tap.
- Otherwise defrost overnight.
- Pat dry.
- You CAN use cooked prawns, but they are never as nice as when prepared from raw).
- Clean and peel potatoes, then slice into fairly thick rounds, about 1/3" thick.
- If using baby potatoes, keep whole and don't peel.
- In a bowl, toss the potato slices with the oil until the slices are coated.
- You may need more oil.
- Pack the slices flat in an oven dish, and put into the preheated oven.
- Roast for 25 minutes or until tender and golden brown.
- While the potatoes bake, toss the shrimps in butter in a hot pan, until they curl up and turn pink.
- This takes only a few minutes.
- You could add garlic if you like, and when you take the pan off the heat, sprinkle them with flaky sea salt.
- They can wait in the pan.
- In a bowl, whisk together the cream, mayonnaise, lime or lemon juice and zest, mustard and parsley, until smooth.
- If too thick, add a bit of milk.
- Taste for seasoning!
- Arrange the golden-brown potato slices on a warmed serving plate.
- Season well with flaky salt (you always need more of flaky salt, which is coarse, than fine salt).
- Scatter the shrimps over the potato slices, and drizzle with the dressing.
- Sprinkle over the coarse black pepper.
- Serve!
- Great with a tomato-and-onion salad, and fresh baguettes.
potatoes, oil, butter, shrimp, cream, mayonnaise, lime juice, lime zest, smooth, parsley, salt, coarse black pepper
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/warm-roast-potato-and-shrimp-salad-304032 (may not work)