Name: Prawn Cocktail
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; squeeze of lemon juice; 3 tablespoons double cream; 225–350 g/8–12 oz prepared prawns; 3 rounded tablespoons mayonnaise; 3 tablespoons tomato ketchup; 6 crisp lettuce leaves paprika

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Calendar Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1977

About

For an alternative first course, spoon this delicious pink cocktail sauce over hard-boiled egg halves – rather like egg mayonnaise – and garnish with shredded lettuce.

Ingredients

225–350 g/8–12 oz prepared prawns
6 crisp lettuce leaves paprika

Method

Pick over the prawns and shred the lettuce leaves – the easiest way is to roll the leaves up together and then shred them across finely. Shake the lettuce to separate the pieces and place in a polythene bag with a sprinkling of water to keep fresh in the refrigerator.

Combine together the mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, cream and Worcestershire sauce for the dressing. Add a good squeeze of