Quick 15 minute Prawn Pasta

[Suffs Profile]

Ahhh! Light dawns!!!

There's lots of crabbing goes on around the pier ... some folk do think that they’re going to catch their own supper. Howe ver what you can do is walk up the beach to East Runton and gather your own winkles ... you can boil them up in a pan on the beach and eat them there and then ... if you have a pin

You can get tubs of jellied eels and cockles and whelks too on Norwich Market

[Lusciouslush Profile]

But the big thing on the Thames estuary, and into the East End an up through Essex is cockles - I like cockles but have trouble sharing them, as the traditions is to douse liberally with malt vinegar, salt and white pepper dust

Nooooooo…..!!

Now then.....cockles are something I have intimate knowledge of - just thinking of them makes me drool, but they have to be the best - Penllergaer cockles from close to where I was raised - fat & sweet - certainly no salt added, in fact nothing needed at all apart for a little sprinkle of vinegar if that is your thing..... oh yesssssss!

[Joanbunting Profile]

i absolulely adore cockles in fact if it is ultra fresh and lives in a shell, from winkles upwards I'm right there.

It is one of my sadnesses that I don't get to eat them very often these days.

[Stokey Sue Profile]

When I lived by the sea we used to pick cockles and eat them raw like oysters

We did know where the water was clean of course

You can open them by twisting two against each other, hinge to hinge

[Alexandria Profile]

Joan,

Yes, I have had sea urchin a few times in restaurants, one a well known three Michelin however, I have never tackled preparing at home !

Have a lovely evening ..

[Alexandria Profile]

Renée,

You are quite humorous !!

Have a lovely evening .. and thank you for your feedback !

[Alexandria Profile]

Sue,

Thank you for your feedback ..

Yes, fresh prawns are always lovely and very versatile ..

Have a nice evening ..

[karadekoolaid Profile]

No way I could eat 500 gms of prawns at one sitting, heads on or not.
Still - we had several different types of prawns when in Barcelona.
The cigalas were part of 10 courses i El Passadis de Pep

Passadis del Pep - cigalas.jpg

Never got to try all these in the market, though!

La Boquería moluscos.jpg

[Stokey Sue Profile]

Few nice bundles of razor clams there karadekoolaid! I like thosei

[dennispc Profile]

And winkles - flick out with a pin. Delicious.

[karadekoolaid Profile]

We had some razor clams as part of the dinner. I have to say I wasn´t particularly impressed, but the other courses made up for it!
I can´t remember whether the black things in the back are winkles or small clams, Petronius. What ever; I´m sure they´d have gone down a treat!

[Alexandria Profile]

Karakoolaide,

Thank you for posting the photographs and particulary the Fish Monger´s Prawn Varieties @ Le Mercat de La Boqueria ..

The Catalan restaurant that you had mentioned is quite exemplary ..

Have a lovely day ..

[karadekoolaid Profile]

The Catalan restaurant that you had mentioned is quite exemplary

So was the price, Member 461 - but we had saved for my wife´s birthday!

[Alexandria Profile]

Karakoolaide,

Enjoy the beautiful memorable time !!

We celebrate our anniversary and birthdays where the unforgettable is unforgotten, regardless of where we are or starred or not starred, however, always amazing ..

The company, the wine and the food !!

We save too ..


Have a lovely weekend ..

[Lusciouslush Profile]

Lurve the festive snood Clive...…...

[karadekoolaid Profile]

Time to be festive, Lush -even though it´s going to be very hard work over here!