Tiger’s milk witblits, prawns

Name: Tiger’s milk witblits, prawns
Yield: Per drink / for 8 snacks
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 16 peeled prawn tails; Maldon sea salt flakes; ice; 50 ml jalapeno syrup; 8 prawn chips; salt to taste; squeeze of lemon; 50 g unsalted butter; 56 sprigs yellow beetroot micro leaves – a half dozen per serving to garnish; 32 g prawn emulsion – 4 g per serving; 75 ml lime juice; 15 ml tiger’s milk dressing; 20 ml smoked apple purée; 25 ml witblits

Preparation info

Per drink / for
8
snacks

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mile 8

By David Higgs

Published 2018

About

Witblits is the South African version of tequila. It’s a seriously powerful shot with different degrees of afterburn. Add chilli as we did, for a bit of fun.

Ingredients

Tiger’s milk witblits

75 ml lime juice
15 ml tiger’s milk dressing

Africa
South Africa
Snack
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Drinks

Method

For one serving, add all the ingredients except the ice to a small shaker tin. Add ice to the large tin. Combine the two and shake until condensation forms on the outside of the tin. Rim a coupe glass (see photo) with sea salt flakes. Fine strain into the glass.

Heat the butter in a pan and when it starts to bubble and melts, add the prawns. Toss through the butter, add lemon juice and