serves
2-4
prep
25 minutes
cook
15 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
2-4
people
preparation
25
minutes
cooking
15
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
Ingredients
- 12 large raw green or banana prawns
- 2 tbsp macadamia oil
- ½ tsp dried lemon myrtle
Hollandaise
- ⅛ cup macadamia oil
- ½ tsp dried lemon myrtle
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- ½ tsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 tsp honey
Marinating time 15 minutes
Instructions
Split the prawns vertically in half (do not cut through the shell) from the belly side with a sharp knife and place in a clean bowl. Mix together oil and dried lemon myrtle. Pour over the prawns and toss gently with tongs to spread the marinade evenly around. Allow to marinate for 15 minutes in the fridge.
Meanwhile, prepare the hollandaise. Place oil and lemon myrtle in a small pan on low heat. Cook until the herbs begin to sizzle. Remove from heat and set aside.
Place egg yolks and lemon juice into a food processor or measuring jug and pulse or whisk with an electric whisk until pale and slightly foamy. Add vanilla bean paste and honey. Continue to whisk or pulse as you add the warm oil in a thin trickle (reserving the last tablespoon or so that may contain the herbs to pour over prawns just before grilling). Set Hollandaise aside until serving.
Preheat the barbecue or grill pan until hot, cook prawns for 3 minutes on each side.
To serve, arrange cooked prawns on a platter decorated with some salad greens and serve with the hollandaise for dipping.
Note
• You can find lemon myrtle at good delicatessens or where a range of spices are sold, otherwise online at Herbie’s Spices or .
Recipe from by Martyna Angell, with photographs by Martyna Angell (, $15, eBook).
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
