Chef/host Joel Gameron makes “homemade memories” with his celebrity friends on Homemade Live! In “Off the Eaten Path,” Gameron prepares the dish he calls one of the best meals he ever ate — salt roasted spot prawns. He is then joined by Katie Couric and later visits a Texas peach farm. Watch this episode here.
INGREDIENTS
- 6 cups (3 pounds) rock salt
- 2 pounds raw, unpeeled spot prawns
- Optional: Bay leaves, lemon, garlic, and thyme
Fresh Ginger Cocktail Sauce
- 1” knob of ginger
- 1 lg tomato, quartered
- 2 tbs horseradish
- 2 tbs ketchup
- 1 tsp sugar or honey
- 2 tbs worcestershire sauce
- ¼ cup chives, minced
- Salt and pepper to taste
TO PREPARE
STEP 1. Preheat oven to 475°F.
STEP 2. Divide salt equally between two large roasting pans or sheet pans. Bake salt in oven for 20 minutes, until very hot..
STEP 3. Carefully remove trays from oven. Lay raw shrimp on one pan in even layer. Pour hot salt from second pan over shrimp to cover.
STEP 4. Return pan with shrimp to oven. Bake 5 to 7 minutes until shrimp are opaque throughout.
STEP 5. Meanwhile, finely chop ginger in food processor. Add tomato, horseradish, ketchup, sugar, and worcestershire sauce and pulse until tomato is chopped and mixture is well combined. Stir in chives and add salt and pepper to taste.
STEP 6 Serve shrimp in salt or remove to platter with cocktail sauce.
