Charred Vegetable Salad With Grilled Prawns

<h3>Charred Vegetable Salad With Grilled Prawns </h3>

Serves 4 <br><br>

<b>Ingredients</b><br>

3 capsicums (1 each of green, red, yellow)<br>
1 long red chilli<br>
1 head garlic<br>
1 tomato<br>
1 ½ tsp. caraway seeds (toasted and roughly ground in mortar & pestle) <br>
Juice ½ small lemon<br>
3 tbs. extra virgin olive oil from Spain<br>
Salt<br><br>
12 prawns, head removed, peeled deveined and half butterflied<br>
1 small fresh chilli<br>
Zest ½ lemon<br>
2 tbs. extra virgin olive oil from Spain<br><br>
Herb Salad: <br>
¼ cup flat parsley leaves, picked<br>
¼ cup mint leaves, picked<br>
1 tbs. chive, cut into 3cm batons <br>
Squeeze of lemon juice<br>
1 tbs. extra virgin olive oil from Spain<br><br>

<b>Method</b><br>

For the charred vegetables, drizzle whole capsicums, chilli and garlic with olive oil. Place on a BBQ or on a griddle pan and continually turn until they are blackened all over. Remove and place into bowl. Covered with cling film and sweat for 10 minutes. Remove all skin and seeds from capsicum and chilli. Roughly chop. For the garlic remove flesh from skins. <br>

On the grill briefly cook the tomato until the skin peels off. <br>

While the tomato is still hot, squeeze into a large mortar and pestle. Add the capsicums and chilli, followed by ¾ of the garlic, caraway seeds, lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil and salt. Pound gently to combine and to form a very rough puree. <br>

For the prawns, add the chilli, lemon zest, remaining garlic, oil and salt. Marinate briefly then grill for no more then 1-2 minutes on a hot BBQ or grill. <br>

To assemble, spread the chopped salad on a plate then top with prawns. Mix herb salad ingredients together and add at the last minute. <br><br>

Recipe by Justin Schofield for Olive Oil from Spain<br><br>