How to make rice with scampi, recipe for a dish also known as Greek prawns, to cook it, in addition to rice and scampi, you also need aromatic herbs, spring onions and tomato sauce with extra virgin olive oil among the necessary ingredients .
Ingredients for 4 people
- 1 kg of scampi
- 300 g of rice
- 3/4 of a liter of water
- 1 whole onion and 1 finely chopped
- 1 aromatic bunch (basil, sage, rosamrino, thyme etc.)
- 1 cup of tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper
How to prepare risotto with prawns
Wash the prawns and put them in a pan with three quarters of a liter of lightly salted water, the whole spring onion and the aromatic bunch; bring to a boil and cook over medium heat for about fifteen minutes.
Drain the prawns, shell them, removing the black vein, crush the shells in the mortar, add them to the broth, raise the boil and then immediately strain the broth and set it aside.
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In a saucepan with a tablespoon of oil, brown the chopped spring onion, add the half-cooked scampi, salt, pepper and cook for six minutes.
Remove the prawns from the pan and set them aside, then pour the rice into the cooking juices, add flavor to it and then add half a liter of boiling broth to cook the prawns.
Stir, boil slightly, add the prawns, the tomato sauce, the salt, the pepper, bring to a boil, then put the flame to the minimum, cover and let it cook for about twenty minutes, without stirring more.
Serve hot.
