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Langoustines with garlic butter

  by Doug Sanderson
Preperation time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 5 mins
Serves: 4

Recipe Ingredients
2 garlic cloves, peeled;
1tsp sea salt;
2tsp chopped flat leaf parsley;
250g butter, softened;
juice of 2 lemons;
pinch cayenne pepper;
20 fresh langoustines, cooked and peeled;
ground black pepper;
fresh bread to serve.
 
Recipe Method
Put the garlic, salt and parsley into a processor and pulse until mixed. Add the butter, lemon juice and cayenne pepper and pulse until thoroughly blended.

Place the langoustines on a metal baking tray and put a blob of garlic butter on top of each. Place under a hot grill for 5 minutes, until the shellfish are hot and the butter melted. Place the langoustines onto serving plates and spoon over the pan juices. Season with black pepper and serve with fresh bread.