Sunday, March 6, 2016

Tangy Prawn Cocktail - Chef Kristen's Quick and Easy Meal


Serves 6

Ingredients: 
4 tbsp double (heavy) cream.
4 tbsp mayonnaise.
1 1/2 tbsp Lea & Perrins sauce.
Juice of 1 lemon.
1/2 cos lettuce.
4 cups cooked peeled prawns.
Salt, ground black pepper, paprika.
6 large whole cooked unpeeled prawns to garnish (optional).
Thinly sliced brown bread & lemon wedges.

Preparation:
1) Mix together the whipped cream, mayonnaise and ketchup in a bowl.
2) Add Lea & Perrins sauce to taste.
3) Stir in enough lemon juice to make a really tangy cocktail sauce.
4) Finely shred the lettuce and fill six individual glasses one-third full.
5) Gently stir the prawns into the sauce, then taste and adjust the seasoning, if necessary.
6) Spoon the prawn mixture generously over the lettuce.
7) If you like, drape a whole cooked prawn over the edge of each glass (as shown in picture).
8) Sprinkle each of the cocktails with ground black pepper and some paprika.
9) Serve immediately, with thinly sliced brown bread and butter as well as lemon wedges for squeezing over.

Chef Kristen's Quote: There's no nicer appetizer than a good, fresh prawn cocktail that's so enticing!



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