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The Prawn Cocktail

Name: The Prawn Cocktail
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4 (starter)
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 300g cooked peeled prawns, well drained; Marie Rose: 5 tbsp mayonnaise, 2 tbsp ketchup, dash of Worcestershire sauce, squeeze of lemon, splash of brandy (optional); ½ crisp lettuce, finely shredded; Pinch of cayenne; Buttered brown bread triangles, to serve

Cold sweet prawns in Marie Rose sauce over shredded lettuce — the starter that built a thousand Berni Inns and is once again, defiantly, cool.

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 0 min
Total: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4 (starter)
Difficulty: Easy
Era: 1960s–80s icon

Ingredients

300g cooked peeled prawns, well drained
Marie Rose: 5 tbsp mayonnaise, 2 tbsp ketchup, dash of Worcestershire sauce, squeeze of lemon, splash of brandy (optional)
½ crisp lettuce, finely shredded
Pinch of cayenne
Buttered brown bread triangles, to serve

Method

Stir the sauce ingredients together and fold through the prawns.
Divide the lettuce between chilled glasses or coupes.
Spoon over the prawns and dust with cayenne.
Hang a few whole prawns over the rim, serve with brown bread triangles, and own the retro.

Oven temperatures are given in Celsius, Fahrenheit, fan and gas mark throughout. Quantities are metric, as cooked and written in the UK.