Spanish food - Sangriya, Gazpacho, Prawns

SANGRIA (4 PORTIONS)

Ingredients
08                  Ice cubes
1 bottle           Red Wine, chilled
2 strips            Orange-Peel 
2 strips            Lemon Peel
Juice of 4 oranges
Juice of 2 lemons         
2 tbsps            Sugar
4 tbsps            Cointreau
500ml              Soda Water, chilled  
2 cups             Mint Sprigs
Orange and Lemon Slices

Preparation
-    Put ice cubes in a large bowl.
-    Pour in the wine and add strips of orange and lemon peel. Put orange juice in a small bowl.
-    Add sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves.
-    Stir in the wine, lemon juice and Cointreau.
-    Top up with soda water.
-    Pour into a large, cold serving jug.
-    Decorate with mint sprigs, orange and lemon slices.

GASPACHO (4 PORTIONS)

Ingredients
750 grms        Tomatoes
1 no               Onion Chopped
1 no               Cucumber Seeded and Sliced
1 no               Chopped Red Pepper (preferably skin off)
2 cloves          Chopped Garlic
2 slices            White Bread broken into pieces
300 ml            Tomato Juice
3 tbsps           Olive Oil
2 tbsps           Sherry Vinegar
Salt
Freshly Ground Pepper

Accompaniments
1 no              Hard Boiled Egg finely chopped
4 tbsps          Chopped Spring Onions
4 tbsps          Chopped Onion
4 tbsps          Fried CroOtons


Preparation
-    Soak the bread in cold water for 30 seconds. Then squeeze out the excess     moisture.
-    Peel, seed and chop tomatoes.
-    Hold the peppers on to an open flame and turn on all sides. Immediately wrap in   plastic film and keep a side for 5-10 mts to sweat.
-    Take off the plastic film, hold under a running cold water and peel the skin.
-    Mix all ingredients in a bowl & leave for about 1 hour.
-    Put into a food processor or blender and mix until smooth.
-    Pour soup through a sieve, pressing down well on the contents of the sieve.
-    If necessary, water down the soup with cold water.
-    Adjust seasoning of soup if necessary. Then pour into bowls.
-    Place accompaniments in separate bowls and pass them around on a tray for everyone to help themselves.

SIZZLING PRAWNS (4 PORTIONS)

Ingredients
50ml             Olive Oil
4 cloves         Crushed Garlic
1 no              Fresh Red Chilli, Seeded and Chopped
350 grms       Peeled and De-veined Prawns
Salt to taste
2 tbsps          Sherry
2 tbsps          Chopped Parsley
Lemon Wedges
Bread to serve

Preparation
-    Heat oil in a frying pan over high heat.
-    Add garlic and chilli. Cook for 1 minute.
-    Add prawns and salt to taste. Cook 2-3 minutes.
-    Add sherry and parsley.
-    Mix well and serve.
-    Accompany with lemon wedges and bread to soak up the juices.