Langoustine Cocktail

This is a classic. At one point it would have been the height of sophistication to serve a prawn cocktail at a dinner party. It hit our tables in the early seventies and has never really left. I have a recipe on the menu at my restaurant, Creel Caught, very close to this one and it’s brilliant to see it going out, especially to our younger guests who might be having one for the first time. I have upgraded this with some stunning Scottish langoustine.

A point to note: if you allow yo