Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2015 in Seafood Recipes

Grilled Limpets (Lapas)

Learn how to make these delicious grilled limpets (lapas) with garlic, butter, piri piri sauce and lemon juice.
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Grilled Limpets (Lapas)
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Ready In 25 min
Level of DifficultyEasy
Servings4

Ingredients

Limpets (to taste)Garlic (to taste)Unsalted butter (to taste)Piri piri sauce (to taste)Lemon juice (to taste)
Limpets (to taste)Garlic (to taste)Unsalted butter (to taste)Piri piri sauce (to taste)Lemon juice (to taste)
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Preparation

  1. Chop the garlic and crush with a mortar and pestle.
  2. Wash the limpets and detach the mollusk with the point of a knife.
  3. Place shells down on a grill pan.
  4. Place a little garlic, some piri piri sauce and some butter on them.
  5. Place under the broiler for a few seconds and remove as soon as the butter starts to sizzle.
  6. Sprinkle with lemon juice and enjoy.
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