Gamberetti di Michele

Name: Gamberetti di Michele (Michele’s Pink Shrimps)
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: salt and pepper; 50 ml brandy; small bunch of flat-leaf parsley; salt and pepper; 80 ml olive oil; 2 garlic cloves, halved; 500 g very fresh pink shrimps; juice of 2 lemons (Sicilian if possible)

Michele’s Pink Shrimps

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Antonio Carluccio – The Collection

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2012

About

“This interesting dish of small prawns is named after a man I met in Palermo, while I was filming a series for BBC TV, who produced it for me on the roadside charcoal grill he was tending. To make it, you will need a rectangular aluminium tray, plus aluminium foil to cover.”

Ingredients

500 g very fresh pink shrimps
juice of 2 lemons (Sicilian if possible)
80

Europe
Italy
Palermo
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Put the shrimps in an aluminium tray, add the lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, parsley and some salt and pepper. Give it a mix, then add the brandy. Seal the tray with aluminium foil and place on a hot (preferably charcoal) grill. Leave to cook for 20 minutes.

These shrimps are wonderful eaten with your fingers!