Recipe Tip: Catalan Sandwich & Garlic Prawns

Instructions

1. Step 1

   Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and heat over medium heat. When hot, add the baguettes, cut-side down, and cook until browned, about 5 minutes.

2. Step 2

   Meanwhile, coarsley grate the tomatoes into a bowl to make a purée. Drizzle in some olive oil and season with sea salt flakes.

3. Step 3

   Remove the toasted baguettes from the pan, gently rub each with a clove of garlic and spread the tomato purée over them.

4. Step 4

   Top each with a slice of Serrano ham and cut them in half again, so that there are 4 pieces.

5. Step 5

   Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. When hot, add the garlic and chillies to the pan, and cook, stirring.

6. Step 6

   When the garlic is golden brown and fragrant, add the prawns and cook, stirring, for about 3 minutes until pink.

7. Step 7

   Pour in the white wine and cook, stirring, for another 4 minutes.

8. Step 8

   Season with sea salt and and pepper and sprinkle over the parsley to serve.

9. Step 9

   Yellow Bell Pepper and Lemongrass Soup This recipe from Martin Kušej reminds the Austrian theatre director of his time in Paris, where he was inspired by the best food hotspots. The flavours of yellow pepper and lemongrass are light, fresh and elegant. Soup

10. Step 10

    Hong Kong-style Drunken Prawns Spiced with chilli and ginger, this dish is lip-tinglingly good and quick to cook once the initial prep is done. This recipe is made with frozen prawns but if you are able to get fresh tiger prawns, all the better. Asian flavours

11. Step 11

    Laksa Lemak Coconut milk is a key ingredient in Laksa Lemak, Malaysia's thick noodle soup. Add the kick of chillies, aromatic lemongrass and fresh galangal, and you have a nourishing, warming, satisfying bowlful of flavour. Soup

12. Step 12

    Fried Rice with Prawns Making fried rice is a brilliant way to use up all kinds of leftovers. We've used prawns here, but any kind of fish or meat will work just as well – and you can let your imagination run wild with the vegetables, too. Seafood

13. Step 13

    Pasta: Fettucine with Tiger Prawns A quick pasta dish that tastes like the sea. Pasta