Name: Prawn rolls with pickled tomatoes and celery
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8

Prawn rolls with pickled tomatoes and celery

Prawn rolls with pickled tomatoes and celery recipe - For pickled tomatoes, blanch tomatoes until skins split (30 seconds) refresh in iced water, drain and peel.

Serves 8

Prep

30M

The prawns could be peeled before they’re served, but getting a bit messy is part of the fun. Begin this recipe at least three days ahead to pickle the tomatoes.

Ingredients

200 gm mayonnaise

Juice and finely grated rind of 1 lemon, plus lemon wedges to serve

2 tsp Tabasco

½ tsp cayenne pepper

1 garlic clove, finely grated

2.5 kg cooked prawns

4 pale celery stalks, sliced into ribbons on a mandoline, leaves reserved

Buttered soft rolls and finely chopped chives, to serve

Pickled tomatoes

4 tomatoes, tops and bases scored

2 golden shallots, thinly sliced

2 thyme sprigs

250 ml (1 cup) white wine vinegar

70 gm caster sugar

1½ tbsp sea salt

1 tbsp crushed black peppercorns

Method

Main

1.For pickled tomatoes, blanch tomatoes until skins split (30 seconds) refresh in iced water, drain and peel. Slice tomatoes into thick rounds and layer in sterilised jars with shallot and add thyme. Bring remaining ingredients and 250ml water to the boil in a saucepan, stirring until sugar and salt dissolve, then pour into jars, ensuring tomatoes are covered, seal and cool. Refrigerate to pickle for 3 days and up to 3 months (if jars remain sealed).

2.To make a Tabasco mayo, mix mayonnaise, lemon juice and rind, Tabasco, cayenne and garlic in a bowl, season to taste and refrigerate for up to 5 days.

3.Serve prawns with mayo, pickled tomatoes, celery, rolls, chives and lemon wedges.