Prawn Stock

A rich and flavourful homemade stock made from prawn shells, vegetables, and aromatics, perfect for seafood risottos.

📝 Ingredients

• prawn shells and heads from 800g prawns
• 1 onion roughly chopped
• 1 carrot roughly chopped
• 2 celery sticks roughly chopped
• 2 L water
• 1 tsp salt
• 5 black peppercorns
• 3 bay leaves

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Place all the ingredients in a saucepan.
2. 2Bring up to the boil and then turn down heat for 20 – 30 minutes.
3. 3Switch off stove and leave to insensify for 1 hour.
4. 4When ready to use, bring back to temperature, strain and use as required