BBQ Bugs with Nduja Butter
Mike ReidIngredients:
Recipe brought to you with the help of our friends at Supreme Caravans
- 3 Morton bay bugs
- 1 bunch dill
- 1 bunch of mint
- 2 red chilies, sliced.
Nduja Butter:
- 75g softened butter
- 2 banana shallots, peeled and finely diced
- 50g Nduja
- 1 tbsp finely chopped chives
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method:
- Prep the bugs by removing the heads. Cut down the centre of the tail with scissors to expose the flesh, but leaving in the shell.
- Cook on hibachi with flesh facing upwards, for 5-7 minutes.
- In a frypan, add shallots, nduja, chives and seasoning. Cook down until well combined.
- Let cool in a bowl then add butter and mix together.
- When the bugs are half way cooked, add the nduja butter on top.
- Serve with dill, mint and chillies.
Our friends at Wine Selectors suggest pairing this dish with a Chardonnay.
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