Bacon wrapped prawn with prawn head reduction sauce

Aching arm and lack of motivation can be quite a disastrous combination and I was suffering exactly from that. I have realized that I wasn't really cooking these days and I had absolutely no clue about how to come out of it. Then another season of Masterchef Australia happened and I started finding myself back again. My aching arm is another story and I try not to think about it.

Last weekend I was in a pretty cranky mood when suddenly I decided to do some experiments in my kitchen. One of the experiments were - Bacon wrapped Prawns with Prawn head reduction. Hence, after spending hours in nature's basket, big basket and local market, I was ready to enter my kitchen with full enthusiasm.

Ingredients for bacon wrapped prawn skewers-

• 6 medium size prawns
• 3 bacon strips
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• Salt
• Olive oil / butter

Method-

• Wash and separate the prawn heads.
• Cure the prawns with lemon juice, zest and salt for 1 hour.
• Brush the skewers with butter/olive oil before sticking the prawns in it. Place 2 prawns in each skewers.
• Wrap them with bacon strips.
• Heat some butter / olive oil in a grill pan.
• Cook the bacon wrapped prawns till the prawn is cooked. However do not overcook it, as less is always more with prawns.

Ingredients for prawn head reduction sauce-

• The separated prawn heads
• 4-5 lemon leaf
• Fresh rosemary ( use at per your need. I used lot of fresh herbs for the beautiful aroma)
• Fresh lemongrass (again according to your requirement)
• 1 cup Coconut milk
• Salt & pepper
• Butter
• Water

Method-

• Mix prawn heads, 2 lemon leaf, rosemary, lemongrass, water, salt in a pressure cooker. Boil till 5-6 whistles.
• Strain the mixture.
• Heat butter in a deep wok, pour the strained soup in it. Cook it in low flame and let it reduce. Once it comes down to half, add the coconut milk little bit at a time.
• Keep tasting, as you might need to add more butter, remaining lemon leaves, pepper and salt. 
• Once you get a smooth,aromatic, little tangy  and buttery consistency and it got reduced to 1/4th of the previous quantity, your sauce it ready.

Assemble and serve.