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Stuffed calamari with prawns and mushrooms

Ingredients

• Olive oil
• ½ onion, finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic
• 5 large chestnut mushrooms
• 3 buttom mushrooms
• 100g prawns, shelled
• Handful pine nuts
• Handful basil leaves
• Handful parsley, chopped
• 6 calamari
• Handful cherry tomatoes
• Handful prawns

Method

1. Saute the onion and garlic in olive oil.
2. Dice the mushrooms and add them to the pan.
3. Dice the prawns and add to the mixture. Season with salt and pepper and take off the heat.
4. Add the pine nuts, basil and parsley.
5. Allow the mixture to cool and stuff into cleaned calamari, making sure you don’t over-stuff. Secure the opening with a toothpick.
6. Heat some more olive oil in a pan and add the calamari.
7. Fry the calamari, turning occasionally.
8. Add the cherry tomatoes, prawns and some more basil and parsley.
9. Allow to cook for approx. 4 mins and serve immediately.

This recipe first appeared on Gourmet Today TV, aired on TVM on 27 February, 2015.