Course: Appetizer, Light Meal
Cuisine: Seafood
Keyword: prawns
Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
Servings: 4
I whipped up this classic prawn cocktail on Christmas Day last year and it was a huge hit. Bit of a mission to prepare the prawns, but otherwise super easy and delicious.
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- 400 g Mozambican prawns Deveined and cooked, peel removed, but leave the little tip on for presentation
- 2 small gem lettuces trimmed
- 1 avocado diced
- salt and black pepper to taste
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
- 3 Tbsp Pesto Princess sundried tomato pesto
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsp creamed horseradish
- Tobasco sauce to taste
- squeeze lemon juice
- paprika for dusting
- snipped chives for garnish
Break the lettuce into individual leaves and arrange evenly between 4 glass bowls (I used cocktail glasses). Top with the avocado and prawns and season with some salt and pepper.
To make the sauce, mix together the mayonnaise, sundried tomato pesto, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish and Tabasco. Season with the lemon juice, salt and pepper, then spoon over the prawns.
Dust with a little paprika and sprinkle with chives.