Prawn cocktail
The classic prawn cocktail makes an ideal dinner party starter. Our easy recipe is ready in just 15 minutes, leaving you more time to entertain
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- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- + chilling
- Easy
- Serves 4 as a starter
Skip to ingredients
- 200ml tomato juice
- 1 tbsp shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- drizzle of Tabasco
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- ½ tbsp horseradish sauce
- 1 lemoncut into wedges
- 10 Little Gem leaves
- 175g cooked Atlantic peeled prawns
- ¼ celery stickfinely chopped
- handful of coriander
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal55
- fat0.8g
- saturates0.1g
- carbs3.6g
- sugars3.1g
- fibre0.8g
- protein8g
- salt1.5g
Method
step 1
Mix the tomato juice with the shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry, the worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, soy sauce, horseradish sauce and lemon, and season with pepper. (If you want to make a lightly jellied dressing, soak 1 leaf of gelatine in cold water, melt it in 1 tbsp of hot tomato juice and mix this into the dressing.) Chill until ready to serve.
step 2
Arrange 8-12 (depending on their size) Little Gem leaves on a platter and divide the cooked Atlantic peeled prawns between them, spoon some tomato mixture onto each leaf, and then scatter the finely chopped celery and coriander over the top. Serve with the remaining tomato mixture, lemon wedges, black pepper and more Tabasco.
