Prep time:

Cooking time: 2 hours

Total time:

Serves: 6

18 Peeled Tiger Prawns

2tbsp Olive Oil

Salt and Pepper

1tsp Sumac

5tbsp Olive Oil (with Salt and Pepper)

1.5tbsp Lemon Juice

1tbsp Chopped Dill

6 x 10cm Wooden Skewers (Optional)

Juliet Bidwell creates some Tiger Prawn Skewers perfect for a Picnic

  1. Mix the dill dressing ingredients together.
  2. Season the tiger prawns and pan-fry them in the olive oil, turning them over during cooking. The flesh will become opaque when they are cooked.
  3. Marinate the prawns in the dill dressing for two hours.
  4. To serve: remove the prawns and thread them onto the skewers, if they are to be used, and then sprinkle them with the sumac

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  • pictures: David Merewether

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