Roasted Prawns with Garlic, Parsley, Crushed Red Pepper Flakes & Lemon

We cook this in our 850°F [455°C] wood-burning oven, and what happens to a delicate piece of seafood like a fresh prawn in an oven that hot is magic. Leaving the shell on insulates the meat and helps prevent it from overcooking.

I have found two good ways to reproduce this dish at home. The first is to heat a cast-iron frying pan in the oven on its hottest setting for 1 hour and then roast the prawns on it. The other, more amusing, way is to let the pan get scorching hot over live f