Jamie Magazine
By Union Jacks
Prawn cocktail
Homemade Marie Rose sauce
15 mins
Super easy
serves 4
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Ingredients
olive oil
½ a clove of garlic
cayenne pepper
8 unpeeled, large, raw tiger prawns
¼ of an iceberg lettuce
¼ of a cucumber
1-2 ripe tomatoes
1 sprig of fresh mint
1 small punnet of salad cress
50g peeled little prawns
100g mixed white and brown crabmeat
optional: 50g brown shrimps
1 lemon
MARIE ROSE SAUCE
½ a lemon
1 swig of brandy
1 pinch of cayenne pepper
1 heaped teaspoon ketchup
4 tablespoons free-range mayonnaise
Method
- Heat a glug of oil in a pan over a high heat. Crush and add the garlic, then stir in 1 pinch of cayenne pepper and the tiger prawns (you can butterfly them first if you like).
- Toss the prawns for 3 to 4 minutes, or till cooked through. Remove from the heat and set aside.
- For the Marie rose sauce, combine the lemon juice with the remaining ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
- Shred the lettuce, dice the cucumber, thinly slice the tomato and pick the mint leaves, then layer in bowls or jars. Snip in most of the cress.
- Add the peeled prawns, dollop with marie rose sauce and finish with crabmeat, shrimps (if using) and more cress.
- Add a pinch of cayenne pepper and hang a hot prawn or two off the side of the bowl or jar. Serve with lemon wedges for squeezing over.
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