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Roasted vege burgers with prawns

- Recipe by Ray McVinnie Photograph­y by Tam West

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Serves 4-6

1 red capsicum, halved, cored, deseeded, sliced 3cm thick 1 eggplant, sliced into 1cm thick rounds 3 zucchini, thinly sliced lengthways 450g pumpkin, peeled, deseeded, sliced 1cm thick 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped ¼ tsp fennel seeds 5 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 300g raw prawn cutlets, (I used frozen Australian prawns from Mooloolaba and they were excellent) ½ cup bought mayonnaise (I used Best Foods) 2 Tbsp thick chilli sauce (I used Lee Kum Kee Chilli Garlic sauce from the supermarke­t) 6 fresh sesame buns 1 large handful rocket leaves

1 Heat the oven to 220C. Line a large, shallow baking tray with baking paper. 2 Put the capsicum, eggplant, zucchini, pumpkin, 2 of the garlic cloves and the fennel seeds on the paper lined tray. Add 3 Tbsp of the oil. Season lightly with salt. Mix everything well with your hands until the oil is evenly distribute­d. Spread the vegetables out and place in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until the vegetables are slightly shrivelled, browned and tender. Remove from the oven. 3 When the vegetables are almost ready, heat a frying pan over high heat and add the remaining 2 Tbsp of oil, the remaining clove of garlic and the prawns. Stir-fry until the prawns are lightly browned and just cooked through. Remove from the heat. 4 Put the mayonnaise and chilli sauce into a small bowl and mix well. 5 Cut the buns in half through their equators and place the bottom halves side by side on a clean board. Spread the mayonnaise lightly over the bottoms of the buns and place some rocket leaves on top. 6 Place a mix of the roasted vegetables on the rocket, the prawns on top and a small spoonful of the mayonnaise on the prawns. 7 Place the top halves of the buns on top and serve.

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