Warm scampi with bottarga and borlotti salad

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 tablespoons Virgin olive oil plus 3
Tablespoons
1 tablespoon Thinly sliced ginger
12 Scampi or large prawns,
Peeled, leaving heads
Intact
¼ cup White wine
1 cup Borlotti beans, cooked and
Drained
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
½ teaspoon Hot chili flakes
½ cup Radicchio, roughly chopped
1 (8-ounce piece) bottarga
(preserved tuna roe)

Directions

In a 12 to 14-inch saute pan, heat oil until smoking. Add ginger and scampi and toss to coat. Cook 6 to 7 minutes, until golden brown yet still very tender and add the white wine. Meanwhile, place borlotti in a mixing bowl and add lemon juice, remaining oil, chili flakes and radicchio. Season with salt and pepper and toss to mix well. Arrange on four plates. Place 3 warm scampi on each plate and sprinkle with shaved bottarga. Sprinkle wit lemon zest and serve.

Yield: 4 servings

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