By Jean-Claude Tellechea, Auberge du Cheval Blanc in Bayonne
Ingredients for 4 persons:
- 20 large scampi (8 to 10 per kg)
- 300 g of piperade (scrambled eggs, blended with basquaise sauce)
- 200 g of fried diced Bayonne Ham
- 50 g of butter, dill
- 2 dl of fish soup and butter
Preparation:
Put 5 scampi on a bed of hot piperade in a bowl.Cook the scampi in a non-stick pan with butter until they are browned but not fully cooked.
Put the Jambon de Bayonne with the scampi, surround with piperade, and add a the fish soup filtered and whipped with a little butter.
Decorate with a few sprigs of dill.