Ingredients

  • 450 grams whole cooked Kings (Tiger)prawns in shell
  • 4 thick sliced Italien Crostini bread, sliced diagonally
  • 3 clove garlic peeled and 2 halved lengthways
  • 70 ml olive oil
  • 200 grams small button mushrooms ( white)
  • 14 carciofini (baby artichokes in oil)
  • 2 tbsp each chopped flat leaf parsley and coriander
  • 1 pinch each salt and pepper

Method

  • please do not use frozen and defrosted prawns.
  • Peel the prawns remove heads but keep tail intact.
  • rub the ciabatta slices with the halved garlic cloves on both sides and drizzle with a little olive oil.
  • Toast in oven or grill( broil) until slightly browned, keep hot
  • chop the remaining garlic, heat a little vegetable oil in pan and soften the garlic to a golden colour, do not let brown as it becomes bitter.
  • Add the mushrooms , coat well with the garlic oil, season and saute for 2 minutes.
  • Stir in the artichokes try not to break them up to much add the parsley and coriander.
  • Season again to taste.
  • Heat just through, arrange on top of Crostini and serve.