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Nico's grilled prawns with mango and black pudding

Plump prawns and crumbly black pudding bring out the best in each other in this simple and flavourful dish.
Plump prawns and crumbly black pudding bring out the best in each other in this simple and flavourful dish.

Plump prawns and crumbly black pudding bring out the best in each other in this simple and flavourful dish.

Ingredients

For the mango relish:

  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • Thumb sized piece of ginger, minced
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 ripe mango, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 red chilli, diced (remove the seeds for milder heat) or your favourite hot sauce
  • Tsp mustard seeds
  • Black pudding (2-3 slices per person)
  • Shelled raw prawns, deveined (4-5 prawns per person)

To serve:

  • Thick slices of sourdough bread
  • A big knob of butter

Method

  1. In an oiled pan add the mustard seeds and toast on a low heat for 3 minutes.
  2. Spoon the sugar in and cook until it turns an gorgeous amber shade.
  3. Add the mango , chilli, ginger and garlic, then turn the heat up to medium and cook for another 3 minutes.
  4. Add the onions, season with salt & pepper and sweat for 5 mins.
  5. Slice the Black pudding into half inch sliced and cook over the grill, drizzle the prawns with a little bit of olive oil and season - put onto 2 skewers and grill over a high heat (3mins each side until pink and cooked through).
  6. Toast the sourdough bread on the barbecue or in a toaster and butter the bread.
  7. Top the toast with a layer of the Mango relish, then the crumbled black pudding and top with the grilled prawns.