Name: BBQ prawns with roasted gooseberry salsa
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 36 whole shell-on large raw prawns; a few pinches dried chilli flakes; 450g green gooseberries; 1 small onion; 2 cloves garlic; a large handful of leaves coriander chopped; 1 lime juiced; 2 green chillies 1 left whole, 1 finely chopped; 3 tsp caster sugar

A silver tray topped with juicy pink prawns with a green sauce on the side

36 whole shell-on large raw prawns
a few pinches dried chilli flakes

SALSA

450g green gooseberries
1 small onion
2 cloves garlic
a large handful of leaves coriander
chopped
1 lime
juiced
2 green chillies
1 left whole, 1 finely chopped
3 tsp caster sugar

Method

step 1
Prepare the BBQ for direct cooking by spreading the coals in an even layer. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
step 2
Put the gooseberries in a roasting dish and cook in the oven for 20 minutes, until collapsed and charred in places. Put in a blender or food processor with all the salsa ingredients except the sugar and the finely chopped green chilli, and blend. Add a large pinch of seasoning, then add a tsp of sugar at a time until the salsa is pleasantly sweet and sour. Add the finely chopped chilli, and stir.
step 3
Toss the prawns with some seasoning and the chilli flakes, and cook on the BBQ for 1 minute on each side, or until pink. (Alternatively, heat a large frying pan or griddle pan over a high heat. Drizzle the prawns with a little oil then fry or griddle, in batches, for 1 minute on each side until charred and pink.) Serve immediately with the salsa.