Simple Cocktail Prawn Recipe
This is prawn cocktail with a difference, and that is using Salad Cream, a UK dressing, instead of mayonnaise, and also adding pink peppercorns and lemon juice. Prawns are juicy and taste served this way.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Starter
- Cuisine: English
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 heads Little Gem lettuce (baby romaine)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 200g (7 oz) Salad Cream (or mayo or ranch dressing)
- 3 tablespoons tomato ketchup
- 450g (1 lb) small prawns, peeled and cooked
- Few drops Tabasco
- 1 tablespoon pink peppercorns, crushed (or paprika instead)
Instructions
- Make sure the prawns are well drained.
- Combine the ketchup, Salad Cream or dressing, Tabasco and lemon juice.
- Tip in the prawns and mix to coat them in this sauce.
- Shred the lettuce finely and arrange it as a bed on 6 shallow bowls or plates.
- Divide the prawns between the plates, arranging them in pyramid type shapes.
- Scatter over paprika or roughly crushed pink peppercorns.
Find it online: https://victoriahaneveer.com/basic-prawn-cocktail-recipe/