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SEAFOOD AND VEGETABLE PLATTER WITH TWO SAUCES

Seafood salad is an excellent starter. Here in Valencia, good quality seafood is available everywhere – supermarkets, municipal markets and even street sellers. We regularly make a seafood salad for each of our entertaining events and vary the type of seafood used. This seafood salad is a very simple arrangement, yet also very effective visually. It uses only three types of seafood – oysters, prawns and squid. However, you can use any type of seafood that you prefer. Large mussels are an excellent substitute for the oysters, which can be expensive depending on your location.

We used the hot Asian variety of chilli sauce in this recipe, but just use what is available to you, if indeed you want to use chilli at all.

1kg cooked prawns
500g squid
2 dozen oysters on shell
1 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 teaspoon chilli sauce
250g broccoli
250g snow peas
2 cucumbers

BASIL AIOLI
4 cloves garlic, crushed
2 egg yolks
1 cup basil leaves
1 cup oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice

GINGER LEMON SAUCE
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup oil
2 tablespoons dry white wine
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
2 teaspoons light soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar

Shell and devein prawns, leave tails intact; cut squid into 5cm strips, mark one side of each strip with a diamond pattern. Heat oil in large pan, add squid, soy and chilli sauces, stir-fry few minutes, until squid is tender; cool.

Trim broccoli, cut into flowerets, boil, steam or microwave until just tender. Top and tail snow peas, boil, steam or microwave for 1 minute or until just tender. Peel cucumbers, cut into thin 5cm lengths. Place prawns, squid, oysters, and vegetables on plate. Serve with Aioli and Sauce.

Basil Aioli: Blend or process garlic and egg yolks until smooth, add basil and one-third of the oil, process until smooth, gradually add remaining oil in a thin stream while motor is operating until mixture is thick; add lemon juice, process until smooth.

Ginger Lemon Sauce: Combine all ingredients in jar; shake well.

Fish & Seafood with Bill & Sheila
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