Recipe: Tasty Prawn cocktail starter

Prawn cocktail starter. Mix the mayonnaise, tomato chutney, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish and Tabasco together. Season to taste with lemon juice and salt and pepper, then spoon sparingly over the prawns. Dust the top with a little paprika and sprinkle with chives.

Cut up the lettuce into small pieces and place in bowls or on small plates. Season the shelled prawns with salt and pepper and place on the bed of lettuce. Drizzle two tablespoons of lemon juice over the prawns and lettuce. You can have Prawn cocktail starter using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Prawn cocktail starter

1. It's 12-15 of raw king prawns.
2. Prepare 2 tablespoons of mayo.
3. You need 2 tablespoons of ketchup.
4. It's of Bread.
5. You need of Salad.
6. You need of Paprika.

Mix together the mayonnaise, the tomato sauce, the Worcestershire sauce and the rest of the lemon juice. Drain the prawns once cooked and spread out on a plate to cool. Meanwhile, mix together the mayonnaise, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice and paprika in a bowl. Taste and season with salt and pepper.

Prawn cocktail starter step by step

1. Remove the shell, devein the prawns, keep the tail on.
2. Boil for about 2 mins. Drain on kitchen paper. Remove tails and set a side for decoration. Chop up the prawns into small pieces.
3. Mix mayo and ketchup. Add to prawns and mix. Use a pastry cutter to cut bread into circles. Here I was undecided - add salad leaves to the bread and put prawns on top or serve salad separately.....
4. Anyway, add prawns on the bread, add tails for decoration, sprinkle with paprika and serve with a salad.

Once the prawns are cool to the touch, mix with the sauce. These prawn cocktail with salmon parcels are perfect for starting your Christmas dinner, or any other special occasion. Never out of place at a dinner party, we've made our prawn cocktails extra special by wrapping them in smoked salmon. Spicy Prawn cocktail is a classic starter dish where juicy prawns are tossed in traditional pink Marie Rose sauce with an added punch. Serve as starter, for salads or along with mains.

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