Ingredients:
Prawns (18-22) - 900 gms
Crushed black pepper - 30 gms
Lemon juice - 30 ml
Linguine pasta - 90 gms
Red bell pepper - 100 gms
Ripe papaya dices - 100 gms
Diced cucumber - 100 gms
Raw mango dices - 100 gms
Mint chutney - 40 gms
Rocket/arugula lettuce - 150 gms
Iceberg lettuce - 100 gms
Procedure:
Choux paste - 500 gms. For the choux paste, you need by weight, egg: flour: butter in the ratio 2:1:1.
Heat and melt the butter, add the flour and cook for a while, cool the mixture down to 50 degrees C and then briskly whisk in the beaten egg to get a light paste.
This can be piped into the desired tuille shape and baked in a medium hot oven for 8-9 mins., to get the crisp tuille.
Tapenade - 500 gms For the tepenade, grind the following ingredients in the mortar to get a rough paste.
Pitted black olives - 40 gms
Capers - 40 gms
Anchovy fillet - 6 gms
Fresh thyme - 3 gms
Peeled garlic - 15 gms
Lemon juice - 10 ml
Olive oil - 60 ml
Salt/pepper to taste
Procedure:
Peel the prawns, devein and retain the tail end. Season with salt, lemon juice and rub in the crushed black pepper.
Heat olive oil in the pan and sear the prawns, turning them around to cook them.
Blanch the linguini pasta and toss in olive oil and set aside.
Combine the papaya dices, cucumber dices and raw mango dices with sauted chopped shallots, mint chutney, pumpkin seed oil and mango juice to make the salsa.
Skin the bell peppers and julienne the skin very fine, keep immersed in chilled water for them to curl.
For assembly, place the rocket lettuce on the plate, shred the iceberg and place the base of the choux tuille, spoon over the salsa and arrange the prawns -- 3 per portion. Refresh the linguini pasta, toss in olive oil and place a twirl on top of the prawns.
Spoon over the tepenade and garnish with red pepper juliennes.
For the chilli makroot drizzle, set up the maleroot leaves with lemon juice and chilli pasta in olive oil over a very slow heat.
Season and strain.