Butterflied Prawns in Garlic-Parsley Butter

This is my last submission for this month from Delia Smith-Butterflied Prawns in Garlic-Parsley Butter. These prawns really tasted great with the seasoning of butter, garlic, parsley and lemon.  Though the preparation did take a bit of time but the effort was worth with the smile on everyone faces at the dinner table. 

I am submitting this post to "Cook like a Star" with this month featured chef Delia Smith, organised by Bake for Happy Kids, Piece of Cake and Eat your heart out. 

I want to say that I have learnt a lot from Delia Smith on the various recipes that I have experimented and there are many more recipes I could learn. Also, many thanks to Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids, Mich from Piece of Cake and Baby Sumo from Eat your heart out for selecting such a good chef, Delia Smith, for this event.

This recipe is listed on Very Good Recipes.

Recipe adapted from Delia Smith

(with my modification in blue)

Ingredients

10pcs large prawn (I used 10 large prawns)
1 tsp salt
3 cloves garlic, peeled
1 handful of Italian parsley

50g salted butter
Salt and freshly milled black pepper
1 tbsp lemon juice

Directions

1. Using a pair of sharp kitchen scissors, snip off the sharp, pointy spike and trim off the prawn legs. Cut the prawns shell along the middle of its back all the way to the end of tail to get an incision. Slice the prawn to make a deeper incision, taking care not to cut all the way through the shell.  Rinse the prawn and remove the intestinal track. Open the prawn up like a butterfly and press it down gently so that it stays open. Lay the prawn on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
2. Pound the garlic cloves, parsley and salt into a paste form. Combine the paste with softened butter and season with black pepper. Add in lemon juice and spread the butter mixture onto the prawns.
3. Preheat the oven at 230 deg C and bake prawn for 25mins* until the prawns are pink and opaque. Serve garnished with chopped parsley and lemon wedges on the side.
* I tried baking for 5-7 mins as stated in Delia's instruction but the prawns were not fully cooked, so I continued to bake for another 20mins till it was completely done.