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Ingredients
- 15 scampi heads and shells
- 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil or grapeseed
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 celery finely chopped
- 1 carrot mediumsized, finely chopped
- 1 garlic finely chopped
- 6 thyme sprgs
- 300 water
- 5 tablespoons tomato paste
Method
- Place the shells and heads in a small pot and crush with a hammer.
- Put a drop of the grapeseed (or vegetable) oil in a pan and sweat the shells over a low heat for a few minutes until they are dry.
- Add the onion celery carrot garlic and thyme and sweat until the celery and carrot have softened.
- Add the water then the tomato paste.
- Be careful not to bum the ingredients and to dissolve the tomato paste fully in the water.
- Add the rest of the oil stir well and bring to the boil.
- Then lower the heat and simmer for 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
- Take off the heat and leave to sit for a while.
