GAMBAS PIL PIL
What the hell is Pil Pil? Find out the answer to this and why prawn shell oil is your new secret weapon.
What the hell is Pil Pil? Found in the culinary mecca that is the Basque country, Pil Pil is a sauce made with oil, garlic, chilli and the cooking juices of whatever delicious beast (often seafood) that is being cooked inside all whisked together. A sauce as old as time. It’s as delicious as it sounds and a pretty bob on perfect beer snack. I use the heads and shells of the prawns to give the oil a sweet, bisque-esque prawny punch before infusing with the more traditional pil-pil bits. This step really boosts the prawn flavour and even better, you don’t waste a thing.