This week's French Fridays with Dorie selection is Shrimp and Cellophane Noodles - in Australia, that translates to prawns and cellophane noodles. Basically, this dish comprises prawns, onions, garlic and mushrooms in a tomato sauce served on glass noodles. It appears to be an amalgam of Asian and Italian rather than French, but what do I know.
My mushrooms were Shitake mushrooms, as that it the only form of dried mushroom that my supermarket carries. I also threw in a few sliced button mushrooms because I had them in the house and wanted to use them up.
I bought Australian banana prawns (instead of imports), and had the usual joy that one experiences when peeling and deveining prawns. I will never get to used to the goo in the prawn's head, and I cannot forget, now that I know, that the "vein" is actually the prawn's poo shoot - ahem.
Thankfully, I had just the right amount of tomato passata left in the fridge from another project, so I didn't have to buy any especially for this dish.
Peeling and deveining aside, Shrimp and Cellophane Noodles was quite a tasty dish. I kicked mine up a notch with some mango and coconut chutney from Kitchen By Mike. As an unrelated side dish, I boiled up some green beans.
I would make this again - it is rather a nice way to serve prawns if you happen to have some around. To see what the other Dorie cooks thought, visit the LYL section of the website.
