Recipe for toasted prawns with Baylough Select cheese

With a bag of prawns in the freezer, you are never stuck for a quick meal. This recipe combines defrosted prawns, with melted cheese, bacon and spring onions, to make a very tasty snack.

Sat, 04 Nov, 2006 - 00:00

Darina Allen

Darina Allen is co-founder of the Ballymaloe Cookery School and more recently the Ballymaloe Organic Farm School in Shanagarry, East Cork.

Serves 3-4

1oz (25g) butter

2 cloves garlic, chopped

2 spring onions, chopped

4ozs (110g) mild bacon (back rashers), cut into strips

8oz (225g) prawns

2 dstsp lemon juice

Pinch of salt

½ tsp Cayenne pepper

Sauce: ¼ pint (150ml) cream 2oz (50g) Baylough Select cheese

Melt the butter in a pan, add the chopped bacon, sauté for 2 minutes, add the garlic and spring onions and cook for a further couple of minutes. Do not allow the garlic and spring onion to burn. Add the defrosted prawns, sprinkle with lemon juice, salt and cayenne pepper and cook for a few minutes, until the prawns are no longer translucent.

Add the cream and cheese to the pan. Heat until melted, then transfer to a lightly buttered ovenproof serving dish. Flash under a very hot grill until golden. Serve hot with slices of wholemeal bread and salad.