Paper Chef #10 - Akudjura and Cajun Prawn Cocktail

Skewered akudjura (bush tomato) and drunken Cajun prawn with Akudjura Redback. A simple Australian wheat beer and akudjura (bush tomato) cocktail carrying the message of support by Australians ($10 millions pledged by the government) to the Hurricane Katrina disaster, symbolically shown by an akudjura holding up a prawn. The skewer represents the offer of help to keep New Orleans "above the water". The sausage for the skewer to complete the Paper chef #10 theme ingredients was forgotten during photography.

For each Akudjura Redback cocktail, mix 1 teaspoon of concentrated tomato paste with 1/2 cup Redback wheat beer. To stretch the budget, use water instead. Perhaps season with a touch of tabasco and a pinch of Cajun spices. Pour into a glass. Place a skewer of akudjura, prawn and sausage over the cocktail. Garnish with celery.



Sprinkle with ground akudjura and top up with fresh Redback wheat beer. The foaming of the beer dramatises the events at New Orleans. Despite its name, Redback wheat beer is pale golden. The beer tastes smooth, with a hint of sweetness, and only subtle bitterness unlike most beers.



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