Baked New Potatoes with Prawns

Title:
Baked New Potatoes with Prawns

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Casserole,
Main
course,
Potatoes,
Prawns




Ingredients:





   700 g  Large new potatoes


     4 tb Olive oil


          Salt and freshly ground


          -black pepper


     3    Shallots, ...or...


     6    Spring onions


   450 g  Tomatoes, preferably plum


     2    Garlic cloves


     1 ts (level) paprika


     1 tb (level) tomato paste


   100 g  Goats cheese, pref semi-soft


          -chevre


     4 tb Creme fraiche or double


          -cream


     1 tb Chopped chives


   225 g  Large peeled prawns


          Fresh flat-leaf parsley, to


          -garnish






 1. Wash and prick the potatoes. Place in a roasting tin with 1 tbsp oil and


 sprinkle with sea salt. Cook at 200C/400F/Gas 6 for 45min-1hr or until


 soft.


 


 2. Meanwhile, finely chop the shallots. Peel, deseed and roughly chop the


 tomatoes.


 


 3. Heat the remaining oil in a saucepan, add the shallots and cook until


 soft. Crush the garlic and add to the pan with the paprika; cook for 30


 secs. Add the tomato paste and cook for 1 min. Add the tomatoes, season and


 bubble for 15-20 minutes or until the mixture is thick and pulpy.


 


 4. Crumble the goat's cheese, mix with the cr=E8me fra=EEche and chopped


 chives and season with pepper. Cut the potatoes with a cross, about


 three-quarters of the way through, then squeeze to open further. Mix the


 prawns into the tomato mixture, then put a spoonful into each potato.


 


 5. Place the filled potatoes in an ovenproof dish, spoon goat's cheese


 mixture over the top, then cook at 220C/425F/Gas 7 for 15-20 minutes or


 until hot to the centre. Serve immediately, garnished with flat-leafed


 parsley.


 


 NOTES : Although this dish takes a little while to cook in the oven, it's


 so quick and easy to prepare that it makes an ideal supper dish.


 Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 1 hr 20 minutes


     430    cals per serving


 Recipe by: Good Housekeeping June 97, Food Supplement Posted to MC-Recipe


 Digest V1 #635 by Kerry Erwin 
on Jun 04, 1997