Meze Atlas, Fish and seafood

Karides Güveç

Name: Karides Güveç
Prep time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 500 g raw prawns, peeled and deveined; 40 g butter; 3 cloves garlic, sliced; 2 green peppers, diced; 3 tomatoes, diced; ½ tsp pul biber (Aleppo-style chilli flakes); ½ tsp salt; 150 g kaşar (mild firm cheese), grated

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Prawns baked in a clay dish with tomato, pepper, butter and melted cheese

4serves

35 minactive time

Goes with

White wine

A crisp white cuts through the melted cheese and butter and suits the sweet prawns.

Also good with rakı.

Our chef's recipe, coming soon. This is the classic version, as it is made on most meyhane tables.

Ingredients

500 graw prawns, peeled and deveined
40 gbutter
3 clovesgarlic, sliced
2green peppers, diced
3tomatoes, diced
½ tsppul biber (Aleppo-style chilli flakes)
½ tspsalt
150 gkaşar (mild firm cheese), grated

Method

Heat the oven to 200°C.
Melt the butter in a pan and cook the garlic and peppers for 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes, pul biber and salt and cook for 5 minutes.
Divide the prawns between 4 small clay dishes and spoon the sauce over.
Cover with the cheese and bake for 12 to 15 minutes until bubbling and golden. Serve hot.