
Chilli & Prawn Bruschetta
Feb 04, 2025Nutritional Information (for the prawns):
- Calories: 89
- Fat: 3g
- Carbs: 0g
- Protein: 14g
Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Serves: 4, as a starter size portion
Ingredients:
- 2tbs olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic, grated
- Day old bread sliced, ciabatta/baguette works best
- 1 tbs real butter
- 400g tiger prawns, shelled & deveined
- 1tbs homemade sweet chilli sauce, see recipe under Dips (or use favourite shop-bought chilli sauce to buy yourself time)
- 1 punnet cherry tomatoes, roughly chopped
- Handful of pitted black olives, sliced
- Handful fresh basil, roughly chopped
- Salt & pepper, to taste
- Juice of ½ a lemon
Method:
- Preheat your oven to 180C.
- Place the bread on a tray line with parchment paper.
- Mix the olive oil and grated garlic together, then brush generously over the bread.
- Place the tray in oven for 5 minutes then set aside.
- In a frying pan, heat the butter over a low heat and add your prawns.
- Gently fry the prawns until they start to change colour slightly then pour over the sweet chilli sauce and remove from the heat.
- Combine the rest of the ingredients in a bowl and season to taste.
- Pile the bread half and half with the prawns and the salsa and return to the oven for a further five minutes.
- Serve immediately and enjoy.