Main Meals

Seafood samp

Name: Seafood samp
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Main Meals
Ingredients: samp 300 g,water 1 litre,oil 2 T,butter 2 T,garlic, minced 1 t,onion, chopped 1,mushrooms, sliced 100 g,medium prawns, cleaned and peeled 12,white wine 1 cup,mussels 12,lemon pepper 3 T,parsley, finely chopped 2 T

By Mogau Seshoene

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

cooking Time 2 hours 15 minutes

This recipe is inspired by one from Mama Dorah’s final recipe book. She used hake and calamari rings, which we’ve replaced with mussels. We've also added white wine and lemon instead of the spices.

Wine/Spirit Pairing

Woolworths Ken Forrester Chenin Blanc

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Ingredients

Method

300 g samp
1 litre water
2 T oil
2 T butter
1 t garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
100 g mushrooms, sliced
12 medium prawns, cleaned and peeled
1 cup white wine
12 mussels
3 T lemon pepper
2 T parsley, finely chopped

Method

Ingredients

1. Cook the samp in salted water until soft, about 2 hours.

2. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the prawns for 5 minutes, then set aside.

3. Add the butter to the same pan and fry the onion and garlic. Add the mushrooms and cook until soft.

4. Pour in the wine to deglaze the pan. Add the mussels and lemon pepper. Cook until the mussels open. Add the samp and mix well. Garnish with parsley.

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Photographs: Sadiqah Assur-Ismail
Production: Bianca Strydom
Food Assistant: Ellah Maepan