Summer cooking just got a whole lot more exciting with these fresh, sweet, and spicy prawn or halloumi tacos with sesame and chilli. When it comes to finding the perfect summer recipes, the focus is on cooling dishes packed with natural flavor.
Using La Vieja Fábrica’s Sevillian marmalade, available from Tesco, these prawn or halloumi tacos have a brilliant zesty tang that is the perfect flavor to build a spicy sesame sauce around.
Spicy Sesame Sauce Recipe
To make the sauce, mix together 50g La Vieja Fábrica fine cut marmalade, 2.5 tbsps sweet chilli sauce, 2 tsps sesame oil, ½ tsp fish sauce, ½ tsp white wine vinegar, and a pinch of Aleppo flakes.
This sauce is really simple to scale up or down to suit the number of tacos you’re making or how saucy you like them.
Taco Assembly
The recipe involves marinating 100g prawns and/or half a block of halloumi in the sauce for an hour in the fridge. While they soak up all that flavor, a simple salsa can be made with 2 diced peaches, 3 finely chopped spring onions, 1 finely diced red chilli, a handful of coriander finely chopped, and a generous spoonful of the remaining sauce.
Smashed avocado with lime juice, salt, can be made to add an extra layer of creaminess to the tacos.
When ready to serve, pan-fry the prawns and halloumi for a couple of minutes on each side, ensuring the prawns are fully cooked. Warm some corn tortillas in a pan or oven and spread them with some smashed avocado. Fill them with the cooked prawns and/or halloumi before topping them with the salsa made earlier.
Drizzle the tacos with the remaining sauce for a spicy, zesty, sunny delight. The combination of flavors and textures creates a truly unforgettable taco experience.
A Cooling Finish
Following these fresh tacos, a cooling dessert like the Bonne Maman strawberry ripple ice cream recipe can provide a nice finish to the meal. Alternatively, a Ninja CREAMi ice cream maker, available from Argos, can be used to experiment with a huge range of flavors.
The La Vieja Fábrica Seville Orange Marmalade is a key ingredient in this recipe, and its unique flavor profile helps to make the dish special. It adds a new level of flavor. The CasaLatina Helecho Hand-Painted Ceramic Serving Platters and Stainless Steel Taco Holder Stand can add a touch of elegance to the presentation of the tacos, making them perfect for serving with fresh ingredients.