Prawn and Cucumber Soup with Grilled Scallops

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Prawn and Cucumber Soup with Grilled Scallops

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Prawn and Cucumber Soup with Grilled Scallops

Chilled Cucumber Soup with Prawns

Serves 8

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil

1 small brown onion, finely chopped

1 garlic clove, crushed

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 large potato (200g), peeled and diced

2 cups chicken stock (or water)

300g telegraph (or lebanese) cucumber, peeled and chopped

½ cup thick greek-style yoghurt

⅓ cup mint leaves

¼ cup dill sprigs

8 medium cooked prawns, peeled and de-veined, tails intact

 

Method

  1. Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and cumin and cook for 3 minutes, stirring often, or until onion is soft. Add potato and chicken stock. Bring to the boil, reduce heat to low and then simmer for 8–10 minutes or until potato is tender. Allow to cool.
  2. Pour cold potato mixture into a food processor. Add cucumber, yoghurt, mint and dill. Process until smooth. Transfer 
to a bowl, cover and refrigerate until cold.
  3. Spoon cold soup into 8 small glasses. Hang a prawn on the side of each 
glass. Serve.

Note: soup can be made 1–2 days ahead and stored in an airtight container in 
the fridge.

 

Japanese-Flavoured Grilled Scallops

Serves 8

Ingredients

2 tbsp japanese rice vinegar

2 tbsp lemon juice

3 tsp soy sauce

3 tsp mirin

1 garlic clove, crushed

24 scallops, in shells

2 tsp toasted sesame seeds

 

Method

  1. To make marinade, combine japanese rice vinegar, lemon juice, soy sauce, 
mirin and garlic in a jug. Put scallops 
on 2 baking trays. Spoon 1 tsp 
marinade onto each scallop. Stand for 
20 minutes.
  2. Preheat a grill on medium-high. 
Put a tray under grill. Grill half the scallops for 3–4 minutes or until just cooked. Grill remaining scallops.
  3. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and 
serve immediately.

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