The Perfect Prawn Cocktail

Name: The Perfect Prawn Cocktail
Ingredients: For each person, some iceberg lettuce or some small peppery salad leaves, 2-3 heaped tablespoons shelled North Sea prawns, a little vodka, tomato juice, grated horseradish, freshly ground pepper, Tabasco, squeeze of lime, lime zest and a martini glass.; For each person, some iceberg lettuce or some small peppery salad leaves, 2-3 heaped tablespoons shelled North Sea prawns, a little vodka, tomato juice, grated horseradish, freshly ground pepper, Tabasco, squeeze of lime, lime zest and a martini glass.; For each person, some iceberg lettuce or some small peppery salad leaves, 2-3 heaped tablespoons shelled North Sea prawns, a little vodka, tomato juice, grated horseradish, freshly ground pepper, Tabasco, squeeze of lime, lime zest and a martini glass.; For each person, some iceberg lettuce or some small peppery salad leaves, 2-3 heaped tablespoons shelled North Sea prawns, a little vodka, tomato juice, grated horseradish, freshly ground pepper, Tabasco, squeeze of lime, lime zest and a martini glass.; For each person, some iceberg lettuce or some small peppery salad leaves, 2-3 heaped tablespoons shelled North Sea prawns, a little vodka, tomato juice, grated horseradish, freshly ground pepper, Tabasco, squeeze of lime, lime zest and a martini glass.; For each person, some iceberg lettuce or some small peppery salad leaves, 2-3 heaped tablespoons shelled North Sea prawns, a little vodka, tomato juice, grated horseradish, freshly ground pepper, Tabasco, squeeze of lime, lime zest and a martini glass.; For each person, some iceberg lettuce or some small peppery salad leaves, 2-3 heaped tablespoons shelled North Sea prawns, a little vodka, tomato juice, grated horseradish, freshly ground pepper, Tabasco, squeeze of lime, lime zest and a martini glass.; For each person, some iceberg lettuce or some small peppery salad leaves, 2-3 heaped tablespoons shelled North Sea prawns, a little vodka, tomato juice, grated horseradish, freshly ground pepper, Tabasco, squeeze of lime, lime zest and a martini glass.; For each person, some iceberg lettuce or some small peppery salad leaves, 2-3 heaped tablespoons shelled North Sea prawns, a little vodka, tomato juice, grated horseradish, freshly ground pepper, Tabasco, squeeze of lime, lime zest and a martini glass.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Modern Classics

By Frances Bissell

Published 2000

About

Some like their prawn cocktails made with jumbo shrimps from tropical waters, but for sweet, fresh juiciness Greenland prawns are hard to beat; shell them or buy them shell-off.

Ingredients

You Need

For each person, some iceberg lettuce or some small peppery salad leaves, 2-3 heaped tablespoons shelled North Sea prawns, a little vodka, tomato juice, grated horserad

Snack

Method

Shred the iceberg and put it or the other salad leaves in the bottom of the martini glass. Heap the prawns on top, draining the juice into a small jug. To it add the vodka, tomato juice, horseradish, pepper, Tabasco and lime juice to taste, whisk and pour over the prawns.