One of the great things about living in my new barrio is that I come across great deals like this at the local supermarket – gambones (giant prawns) for just 11€ a kilo. How could I pass them up? But what to do with them? Well, after a bit of thought about a light low-carb meal I went for the easy option – a killer prawn, chorizo & spinach risotto. Whatever.
What would you have done with them?
I also got a couple of big fat tuna steaks for next to nothing that I’m now off to grill with a bit of lemon and garlic. Totally loving my new neighbourhood…
casa azahar 
Seafood pancakes! http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/seafood_pancakes_49492
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Oooh… next time!
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Yummm… and I have to tell you that I have exactly the same blue glass bowl. I keep my shell collection in it!
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I got that bowl as a birthday gift about ten years ago from Maria Paz (my friend who runs Bar Campanario). It’s now used as a fruit bowl in the new kitchen, but I thought it would make a nice contrast colour for the prawns.
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And so it does! I can’t recall where I got mine, now. I know I bought it when I was still married, so about 10-12 years ago.
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Giant prawns used to be really cheap here in Korea. Sadly, like most food prices here, they have skyrocketed. I would have simply steamed them and enjoyed!
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They usually cost a lot more, almost twice as much. Apparently these ones were from Argentina, which I only saw on the ticket after getting them home. Weird.
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The truthful answer is, I wouldn’t buy any in the first place, because I imagine them to be trouble to make (and I tend to leave stuff for a few days in the fridge before cooking it, which may be unadvisable with seafood).
But, in a dreamland where I would get some gambones, and assuming no restriction on kitchen equipment, I would either use them in a risotto or paella or something, or barbecue them. This makes them soooo annoying to eat, but very tasty, drool.
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It’s not easy being you, is it? 😉
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I find it harder to be someone else, but that may well be just my own experience 😛
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Dropping by your place at dinner time seems like the best option going 🙂
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Look who’s talking!
But after I get my bbq for the terrace I won’t have to be so envious of yours.
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Right now, I’m really into putting shrimp on salads of various kinds, as well as Asian salad rolls. YUM! I wish I had access to this kind of seafood, so I envy your location!
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