The pea soup combined with delicious crispy shrimps is an excellent idea to propose an alternative and extremely tasty first dish.

SERVES 4

PREPARATION TIME 15 minutes

COOKING TIME 20 minutes

DIFFICULTY medium

 

Ingredients

Pea Soup

400g peas

1 onion

Vegetable stock

Salt and pepper

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

 

Crispy Prawns

12 prawn tails, shell-off

Flour

Vegetable oil, for frying

Salt

 

Orange-flavoured Ricotta

100g ricotta cheese

Juice of half an orange

Salt and pepper

 

Method

Pea soup

1. Prepare a vegetable stock.
2. Julienne the onion, sauté into a saucepan with extra virgin olive oil. Add peas and let them develop a richer flavour for a few minutes.
3. Fill with vegetable stock and cook for about 10 minutes. Season to taste.
4. Use a hand blender to mix until creamy. If the mixture is too thick, add more vegetable stock.

 

Orange flavoured ricotta

1. Put ricotta cheese into a bowl.
2. Season with salt and pepper and gradually pour orange juice on it.
3. Mix the ingredients.
4. Let it rest for a few minutes in the fridge.

 

Crispy Prawns

1. Heat oil into a frying pan. Flour prawns and remove flour in excess.
2. Once oil is hot enough, deep-fry prawns until golden brown and cooked through. Drain on paper towels.
3. Take a soup plate, and fill with pea soup.
4. Top with a quenelle of ricotta cheese (food item made into oval or egg shape) and crispy prawns.
5. Drizzle a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil on top of each serving. Your pea soup, crispy prawns and orange-flavoured ricotta dish is now ready to serve!