Ultimate Prawn Cocktail
Mitch Tonks' recipe for this classic dish makes the perfect starter for any dinner party.
Prep time: 15 mins
Total time: 15 mins
Serves: 4
Skill level: Easy Peasy
Ingredients
• 350g prawns
• 200g iceberg lettuce, finely shredded
• 4 spring onions finely sliced
• 1 ripe avocado, chopped
• Squeeze of lime
• Pinch of cayenne pepper
For the cocktail sauce:
• Small jar mayonnaise, or about a cup full of home-made
• 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
• Dash of Tabasco
• Splash of whisky or brandy
• Pinch of cayenne pepper
Method
1. Mix the lettuce with the spring onions, avocado, a little salt and pepper, a pinch of cayenne and a squeeze of lime.
2. Make the sauce by mixing all the ingredients together, adding a little more or less of everything to suit your taste. Reserving one spoonful of the cocktail sauce and a few juicy prawns for the top, stir the remaining prawns in the cocktail sauce.
3. In two ice cream sundae style glasses, layer the salad mix and then the prawn mix in five layers to the top and finish with a spoonful of the cocktail sauce topped with a few juicy prawns.
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