Italian🐟 Seafood

Flambé Prawns with Roman-Style Pan-Seared Gnocchi

Name: Flambé Prawns with Roman-Style Pan-Seared Gnocchi
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ~1 cup Semolina flour; ~4 tbsp Butter; ~½ cup Parmesan cheese; ~1 tsp Salt; ~¼ tsp Nutmeg; 2 Egg yolks; ~1½ cups Whole milk; ~3 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil; ~1 lb Tiger shrimps; ~¼ cups Brandy; ~1 Grapefruit; ~2 tbsp Fresh mint; ~1 Cucumbers

A classic Roman dish featuring creamy semolina gnocchi served with flambéed tiger prawns. The pillowy gnocchi is made with milk, butter, and Parmesan cheese, then topped with seared tiger shrimp flambéed with brandy, finished with fresh mint and cucumber garnish.

Adapted from a video by Taste Show

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Ingredients

Semolina flour~1 cupest.
Butter~4 tbspest.
Parmesan cheese~½ cupest.
Salt~1 tspest.
Nutmeg~¼ tspest.
Egg yolks2
Whole milk~1½ cupsest.
Extra virgin olive oil~3 tbspest.
Tiger shrimps~1 lbest.
Brandy~¼ cupsest.
Grapefruit~1est.

Steps

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1
Heat whole milk for about two minutes.
2
Combine semolina flour, butter, Parmesan cheese, salt, nutmeg, and egg yolks. Mix in the hot milk to form a thick dough.
3
Refrigerate the dough for 1 to 2 hours.
4
Remove chilled dough from refrigerator, cut into pieces, and bake.
5
Pan-sear the baked gnocchi pieces in extra virgin olive oil.
6
Sear tiger shrimps in olive oil until cooked through.
7
Add brandy and carefully flambé until the flames subside, allowing the alcohol to burn off.
8
Plate the pan-seared gnocchi and flambéed prawns. Garnish with grapefruit, fresh mint, and cucumber.

Flambé Prawns with Roman-Style Pan-Seared Gnocchi

Ingredients

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