Appetizer: Prawn with Green Peppercorns

This recipe seems like a sophisticated seafood dish and in the mind of your guests it will be but it's pretty easy to handle.

Ingredients

2 oz crème fraîche (or sour cream)
2 tbsps green peppercorns
1 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsps chopped shallots
6 fl oz dry white wine
1 lb large prawns (shrimp)

Instructions

1. Sauté the shallots in olive oil in a large saucepan.

2. Add white wine and simmer for 3 minutes.

3. Add the prawns and cook over a high heat for 5 minutes.

4. Remove the prawns and set them aside.

5. Add peppercorns to the cooking sauce and reduce in volume by half. Reduce the heat and add crème fraîche, cooking for 2 minutes.

6. Peel the prawns, removing the head. Add the prawn tails to hte sauce.

7. Heat gently for 3 minutes before serving.

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