XO sauce – Gourmet Traveller

Ingredients

• 25 gm dried scallops
• 75 gm dried prawns
• 250 ml (1 cup) vegetable oil, or just enough to cover all the ingredients
• 75 gm garlic (about 20 cloves), finely chopped
• 75 gm red shallots (about 6), finely chopped
• 50 gm jamón or prosciutto, finely shredded
• 25 gm fresh long red chillies (about 6), seeded and finely chopped
• 15 gm dried long red chillies, seeded, soaked and finely chopped
• 7 gm dried birdseye chillies, finely chopped
• 5 gm roasted shrimp paste (belacan; see note)
• 2 tbsp dried shrimp roe, crumbled (see note; optional)
• 15 gm sugar, or to taste