Ideas to succeed with prawns

Taste combinations
The Greenlandic prawn lives in the ice-cold waters in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. Due to the cold water, the prawn grows very slowly and develops a mild sweet taste as well as a little shellfish bitterness. All in all a pleasant natural ocean like flavor

The prawn is so complex in tastes – umami, sweetness and bitterness, than it is a meal in itself. However, the prawn is also excellent mixed with a range of tastes such as fresh acid, like lime and lemon (the traditional taste mix) but also with the mild spicy, aromatics and fresh tastes from the world kitchen that offers a full flavour experience.

Try the Spicy fish soup

Try the Spicy fish soup

Recipe with "Spice fish soup"

To serve a well-composed dish with prawns, the aim is to implement all five basic tastes for a satisfying and balanced meal/snack.

Examples of greats pairings with prawn is vegetables like fennel and Jerusalem artichokes, which ads crunchiness and depth. Sweet & sour fruit like apple, melon, pineapple, and mango are great. Creamy stuff like soured milk, coconut milk and of cause avocado are also excellent partners.

Some suggestions for items that mixes well with prawns are:

Is this little shellfish that healthy?
Prawns are an extremely healthy choice and thereby fits well with the trendy kitchen, which has health high on the agenda, according to trend forecasting agency Pearlfisher. Prawns are high in protein and low in fat, making them a healthy choice as well as a convenient choice.

The healthy Prawn:

• High in protein and selenium.
• High content of several minerals e.g. Omega 3.
• High content of several vitamins e.g. B12.
• Low in fat and calories

Prawns – a sculpture in looks
The prawn is a magnificent sculpture in looks – with its pink & white striped meat and the "prawn shape". A prawn will always add a cool look to any plate, buffet or as a "grab and go snack". Therefore, prawns are ideal as garnish at mild creamy dishes, with bright and dark meat, and of cause with fish/shellfish dishes e.g. fish filet, cod, halibut, lobster or snow crab.

Prawn - a scuplture in looks

Use larger of smaller prawns and Edible flowers for decoration – this is a marvellous look and for pairing use whatever leftovers or try this specific Asian inspired recipe – with sweet & sour dip to match umami, bitter and salt from the fresh spring roll content.

Fresh spring rolls with a ton of opportunities

Fresh spring rolls with a ton of opportunities

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The sound of the meal - prawn fits right in
Composing the sound of the meal: Feeling and hearing food is a new 2018 trend. The sounds of foods being eaten – is a niche trend on Youtube called ASMR, where also prawns are involved. A dish with a lot of sound is the Poke Bowl, which is rapidly increasing in popularity. New restaurants are opening - like Island Poke UK, Maloa Poke bowl DE, IlovePoke IT, PokeWorks and Wisefish Poke US, "Poke — are popping up everywhere, offering a variety of colors and textures and challenging fast food and quick service restaurant formats" – says Phil Lempert, one of America’s leading food and consumer trend-watchers and analysts, to Forbes.com. See 10 Food Trends That Will Shape 2018.

Try the pokebowl with prawns.

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Prawn occasions and the snacking revolution
The food culture in many countries and led by America, is rapidly evolving. The boundary between meals and snacking is blurring. Eating three regular meals a day is now becoming a practice of a bygone era. Snacking is now the new normal, which means either no regular meals, but a bunch of small snacks all day long or three smaller meals with snacks in between each meal. Snacking is though not only sweets but also more food like and to some extent more healthy.

Prawns are ideal for any lunch or dinner occasion as both a starter and part of the main course. Nevertheless, another ideal occasion for prawns is the "snacking" occasion. Either just as one of the many snacking occasions or the snacking occasion not being the in between sweet, but being "the in between healthy filling snack" as mentioned below.

Prawn for the snacking occasion

When cooking for the snacking occasion, for the buffet or for the little hunger be inspired here:

Prawns for snacking

Prawns for snacking

Prawns for snacking

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Prawn for lunch or dinner

The delicious lunch with prawns or prawns as a light dinner – be inspired below:

Prawn for Lunch or dinner

Prawn for Lunch or dinner

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TIP! Waste

Don’t toss the prawn shells away and waste a good ingredient. Just like any meat bones, prawns shells can make a flavorsome stock, perfect for a base flavour for risottos, sauces or soups.

Explore our range of prawns

Explore our range of prawns

We offer a wide range of prawns; frozen or in brine, with or without shell and in different sizes. For a full overview of your options, have a look at our range here:

Royal Greenland Cold-water prawns