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Sides, sauces & preserves

Dagný's prawn dish

From
Dagný

Ingredients

The dish

  • prawns or langoustines, cooked and peeled (Icelandic 'humar' is langoustine (Norway lobster).)
  • 1 melon
  • a little greenery (e.g. herbs or salad leaves), to garnish (optional)

Dressing

  • 2 limes, zest grated and juice squeezed
  • 1 red chilli, large
  • ½ dl olive oil, light3½ tbsp olive oil, light
  • 2 tbsp runny honey
  • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar (The dash is a ditto mark for 'tbsp'.)
  • salt, to taste
  • pepper, to taste

Method

Dressing

  1. Grate the lime zest into a bowl.
  2. Then squeeze the limes and blend the juice with all the other dressing ingredients (but not the zest) in a food processor.
  1. Cut the melon into chunks.
  2. Add a little greenery to garnish.
  3. Arrange the prawns and melon on a plate and pour the dressing over.
  4. Finally sprinkle the lime zest over.

Notes

  • Good as one of the side dishes with trout or salmon, together with a salad and mixed rice.

As she wrote it
Her page in the recipe book
Dagný
Rækjuréttur.
Rækjur eða humar. + 1 melóna 2 Lime safinn - 1 Rautt Chili (stórt) 1/2 dl. ólífuolía (ljós). 2 msk. fljótandi hunang. 2 - hvítvínsedik. Salt og pipar
Rífa limeberkinum í skál og kreista síðan safann úr og bl. öllu (nema berk.) í matvinnsluvél. Skera melónuna í bita Smá grænt? með til að punta. Setja Rækjur á disk og mel. hella sósu yfir. strá síðan limeberki yfir
Gott að hafa þetta með silungi eða laxi sem eitt meðlætið, salat og blönduð hrísgrjón