For Valentines I decided to go back in time - with an old
school favourite - prawn cocktail, followed by a T-bone steak!
For the prawn cocktail I struggled to find the appropriate
glasses - but managed to source a couple in a local charity shop.
For the basic sauce I reverted to my old recipe for mini
prawn cocktails:
500g prawns
200 ml mayonnaise
3 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tbsp lemon
juice
Worcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper
1 Make the marie rose sauce. The only thing that is
important here is to add everything to taste. Put the mayo and tomato ketchup
in a bowl and mix, add the lemon juice to taste, and a few drops of Worcestershire
sauce, which adds a background hint of heat.
2 Season the sauce and then add
your prawns and mix well.
For the salad - I had thought it was traditionally just
iceberg or little gem lettuces - but found there were lots of different
versions. This was what I went for:
3 little gem lettuces
10cm piece of cucumber
1 avocado
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 Cut the cucumber lengthways - use a spoon to scoop out the
seeds
2 Cut the cucumber into small dice
3 Peel the avocado and cut into cubes.
4 Place the avocado and cucumber into a bowl with the lemon
juice and toss well
5 Shred the little gems and mix well with the avocado and
cucumber.
6 Split between four bowls - leave a dip in the middle to
scoop in the prawns.
7 Dress with a lemon slice, or a prawn with the shell on for
full 70's points - and perhaps a sprinkling of cayenne pepper.
Get some Demis Roussos on the gramaphone - live the
dream........
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