200 g./7 oz. of boiled prawns - 200 g./7 oz. of superior quality flour - 2 lemons - 1 egg - 1 tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil -frying oil - salt and white pepper.
Marinate shrimps for 1/4 of an hour in lemon juice. Prepare mixture with flour, egg, olive oil and ½ cup of sparkling mineral water stirring gently to prevent the mixture from becoming lumpy. Add salt and ground pepper. Heat the oil in a frying-pan, place in mixture and fry individual spoonfuls of prawns coated in mixture in boiling oil. Remove the croquettes when they have turned golden brown. Dry on kitchen paper and serve hot.
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rawns and shrimps are widespread throughout the Caribbean and are prepared in the widest variety of ways: fried with simple lime dressing, as classical prawn cocktail with mayonnaise or Aurora sauce. Fried in croquettes they are definitely a more uncommon but equally tasty dish.
