Recipe first for 4 people based on mantis shrimp with tomato - cooking method fried.
Preparation: For the sea cicadas: clean the cicadas, wash them well and boil them in a large saucepan with salted water, a few sprigs of parsley, 2 cloves of garlic and/2 glass of white wine for 10 minutes. With scissors, cut the back of the cicadas (leave some whole) lengthwise and extract the pulp. Prepare a mixture of garlic and parsley, the extra-virgin olive oil and the cicada pulp: fry it for a few minutes in a heavy-bottomed aluminum saucepan. For the risotto: mix and, after a few minutes, add the rice and pour over the white wine. Salt. Wet often with the water in which the cicadas have been boiled. Add the tomato pulp and cook until the rice is ready. To serve: when cooked, sprinkle the rice with the chopped parsley, pepper and serve.
Ingredients: 1000 g of cicadas - 1 glass of dry white wine - 1 box of peeled tomatoes cut into small pieces - a few tufts of parsley - 3 cloves of garlic - 300 g of basmati rice - 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil - salt - pepper