Prawn wantons with chillied strawberry jam
Makes 24
Ingredients
- For the jam
- 1kg strawberries, hulled and halved
- 1 tsp dried crushed red chillies
- 1kg jam sugar with pectin
- 2 limes, grated rind and juice
- 15g butter
- For the wantons
- 440g butter
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2 sheets chilled filo pastry
- 350g large prawns
- ½ bunch spring onions, chopped
- handful fresh coriander, chopped
- 3 tbsp chillied jam
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp soy sauce
Method
- Jam: Divide strawberries into two groups - large and small.
- Add larger ones to a preserving pan or large saucepan and roughly mash with a potato masher.
- Add remaining strawberries, chillies and sugar and heat gently, stirring occasionally, for about 5 mins until sugar dissolves and strawberries are softening.
- Stir in lime rind and juice, bring to the boil and boil rapidly for 4 mins until setting point is reached, skimming off any scum during boiling with a draining spoon. (Setting point: Spoon a little jam onto a cold saucer, wait for 1-2 mins then run a finger through jam. It should wrinkle and leave a space where your finger has been).
- Take off heat and stir in butter to disperse remaining scum.
- Ladle into warm dry jars then stir to disperse strawberry bits evenly.
- Cover with screw-topped lids or waxed discs and cellophane then leave to cool.
- Decorate with labels, string or ribbon and dried chillies.
- Wantons: Preheat oven to 200C, Gas 6.
- Heat butter and oil in a frying pan.
- Separate pastry sheets and brush top of each one with a little melted butter and oil.
- Cut each sheet into 32 small squares, each about 6cm.
- Gently press one square of pastry into the base of a 24-hole mini muffin or tart tin.
- Arrange a second square of pastry at right angles to the first to give a petal effect and repeat through the tin, with two squares in some and three in others.
- Bake for 6-8 mins until golden and crisp.
- Leave to cool. To serve, lift pastry cases out of tin and arrange on a plate.
- Reheat remaining butter and oil in a frying pan, add spring onions and soften for 2-3 mins.
- Rinse prawns with cold water, drain well, add to onions, cook for 2 mins, then mix in finely chopped coriander, 3 tbsp of chillied strawberry jam, fish sauce and soy sauce.
- Continue cooking and stirring until prawns are hot.
- Spoon into the cases and serve.
