nigellas fried prawn ball recipe

[bea]

was watching an ep of nigella bites on uk food channel... (breastfeeding at the same time!!!) and she made a lovely thing with prawns all minced up and then deep fried (healthy! i know!!!!) anyway, the title of this ep was called Home Alone and even though i have the Nigella Bites Book, it doesn't have this chapter or recipe in! (as far as i can see!)

anyone got the recipe... or een know what i'm talking about!!!!

Thanks!

You might find it in amongst this lot, sorry it is a cut and paste as I STILL can't do that blinkin' link thing!

www.channel4.com/life/microsites/N/nigella/recipes.shtml

Didn't know that prawns had balls!

Hmmm I saw that episode, was it the one where she had a friend round for lunch (although that doesn't tie in with the 'home alone' title I admit!) I made them and they were delicious, not sure I have the recipe I will check...

hee hee! Chinchilla!

LipstickMum! yes! that was the episode... why would all the other recipes from this series ed up in the book except this Home Alone one???

Please! if you do have the recipe post it! the channel 4 link didn;t have it! and have already googled... was a bit nervous! i mean... what would pop up when you search for Prawn Balls!!!

OK, very sorry for not posting sooner, the recipe is in her How To Eat book. I'll post the recipe later today... screaming baby...

HOorah! thank you LipStick Mum!!!! I've got the How To Eat book and lo and behold the recipe is there!!!... goes to show my baby brains that it didn't even occur to me to look in there!!!

Thanks! for all suggestions and will post when i eventually get round to making them!!!!

Sounds lovely, Bea, can you post it anyway 4 me as don;t have that book.

Thank you

Kalex! No Probs!!

250g raw prawns
1 clove garlic, chopped finely
2 spring onions, chopped finely
half teaspoon salt
60g plain flour
4 teaspoon sherry
olive oil

Mince prawns, mix or blend with garlic, spring onions, salt, flour, sherry and enough water to make a batter. Let it stand, cover with clingfilm for 1 hour.

Then fry, in drops of 1 teaspoon, in olice oil poured to a depth of 5cm in the pan, for about a minute on each side...

Hmmmm! make me feel hungry just thinking about it!!!

Ah, Bea, so glad you got had the recipe all along and also that another, much more diligent MNer than I, posted it for you. I got waylaid with my dd and then we had my nieces staying for 2 nights, it was chaos. Did you make them? I seem to remember they were deish

hi all! am about to make these tonight! so will post about the yumminess of them!!! (hopefully)

I've just made these, & ds has scoffed the lot! They're not very ball shaped, but I just threw the flour in rather than measuring it. The odd nibble I was allowed were yummy. I hope 4 teaspoons of sherry isn't too much for a 2-and-a-quarter year old....

Hmmm! ditto HoxtonChick! Fortunatley! DD was not in an eating mood tonight so me and dh scoffed the lot!!! hee! hee!

i didn't use sherry (had none!) so i used chinese rice wine! (as whenever i've needed to use chinese rice wine, they said sherry would do so i thought vice versa should be ok!)

we thought they'd make lovely little nibbles when entertaining!!!! (huh! when do we ever get the chance to hold something as posh as entertainment that doesn't include nibbles that are doritos!!!)