SicilianItalian
Bruschetta with King Prawns, Eggplant Pesto and Burrata
by Federico Fusca Chef · 332K subscribers on YouTube
A rustic summer crostone with a coarse eggplant and yellow cherry tomato pesto, creamy burrata, and flambéed king prawns on crispy Tuscan bread. Perfect for an appetizer or aperitivo.
- Servings
- 4
- Difficulty
- medium
Ingredients
13 items- Burrata
- King Prawns
- Tuscan Bread
- Eggplantcut into cubes
- Pomodorino Giallowhole
- Parsleystems only (for initial sauté)
- Chili Pepperto taste
- Garlicin skin (in camicia)
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Basilfresh leaves
- Salt
- Pepper
- Lemonzest only
Method
- Remove the head and peel the eggplants, then cut into cubes.
- In a pan, heat oil with garlic cloves (in their skin), chili pepper, and parsley stems. Sauté until golden.
- Add the eggplant cubes. Season with pepper but not salt. Sauté.
- Add whole yellow cherry tomatoes. Cover and cook for 7-8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, clean the prawns: remove head, shell, and intestinal vein.
- In another pan, heat oil with a garlic clove. Add the prawns, season with salt and pepper, and sauté briefly.
- Flambé the prawns for about 2 minutes, then turn off the heat.
- When the eggplants are ready, transfer to a mortar (or blender). Add salt, fresh basil leaves, and oil. Pound to a rustic pesto.
- For the burrata cream: break the burrata by hand, add grated lemon zest, and mix.
- Slice the Tuscan bread thinly and toast it in the same pan used for the prawns (cleaned) until crispy.
- Assemble: on each toast, place a spoonful of eggplant pesto, then a generous spoonful of burrata cream, then the flambéed prawns.
- Garnish with fresh basil leaves and a little lemon zest.
Federico Fusca Chef
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