Gambas a la Plancha

Name: Gambas a la Plancha (Grilled Garlic Prawns)
Yield: Tapas 12, Media Ración 4
Cuisine: Spain
Ingredients: 2 lemons, halved; 12 raw king prawns (shrimp); 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 large pinches of sea salt flakes; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) ajo y perejil; lemon wedges, to serve

Grilled Garlic Prawns

Preparation info

Tapas
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

MoVida

By Frank Camorra and Richard Cornish

Published 2007

About

Statistics say that the Spanish eat an astonishing 37 kg (82 lb) of seafood every year. Judging by the number of prawn shells on tapas bar floors I reckon that figure is mainly made up of prawns. Walk into any tapas bar and there is the cocinero (cook) preparing them right in front of you.