Prawn Cocktail

Classic Prawn Cocktail

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Classic Prawn Cocktail
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Classic Prawn Cocktail

Recipe by GeeDeeCourse: StarterCuisine: FrenchDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

25

minutes
Cooking timeminutes
Calories

132

kcal
Total time

25

minutes

A classic dinner party starter, succulent prawns on a bed of crisp lettuce covered with a Marie-Rose sauce

What You Will Need
4 Stemmed glass sundae glasses

Ingredients

  • 400 g cooked Atlantic prawns

  • 1 small Ice Berg lettuce shredded

  • For the Marie-Rose Sauce

  • 5 tbsp mayonnaise

  • 5 tbsp tomato chutney or Tomato Ketchup

  • 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

  • 2 tsp creamed horseradish

  • splash of Tabasco sauce

  • a squeeze of lemon juice

  • To Serve

  • paprika for dusting

  • 1 lemon cut into ¼’s

Directions

  • Shred the lettuces finely and ½ fill four small glass sundae glasses
  • Keep 4 larger prawns back for decoration and divide the rest between the glasses over the lettuce and season with black pepper.
  • For the Sauce
  • Mix the mayonnaise, tomato chutney, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish and Tabasco together.
  • Season to taste with lemon juice and salt and pepper, then spoon over the prawns.
  • To finish
  • Dust the top with a little paprika
  • Decorate the rim of each glass with 1 prawn and a ¼ lemon wedge and serve immediately with ¼’s of crustless brown bread and butter.

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