Recipe by Enrico Crippa: Prawn and cherry
Enrico Crippa | Prawns and cherries
Ingredients for 4
- 12 medium-sized prawns
- 8 pickled cherries
- Tomato and orange sauce to taste
- Tarragon oil to taste
- Edible seasonal flowers to taste
For the tomato and orange sauce
- 5 ripe ramato tomatoes
- 150 g cherry tomatoes
- 2 oranges
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- salt to taste
- sugar to taste
For the pickled cherries
- 300 g cherries
- 50 cl red wine vinegar
- 125 g sugar
- 3 cloves
- ½ cinnamon stick
- Lemon zest
Procedure
For the tomato and orange sauce
Clean the tomatoes, add the orange juice, cherry tomatoes, crushed coriander seeds, salt, and sugar. Leave to infuse for about 8 hours, then blend and strain.
For the pickled cherries
Combine all the ingredients and bring to a boil. Pierce the cherries and place them in a preserving jar, cover with the boiling mixture, close the jar and turn it upside down to create a vacuum.
Store in a dry, dark place.
Dish composition
Arrange the raw shrimp in deep serving dishes, alternating with the pickled cherries cut in half.
Complete the dish with the tomato and orange sauce, without completely covering the ingredients, and drizzle with a little tarragon oil.