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Prawn Cocktail
by Simon Hopkinson from Simon Hopkinson Cooks
Serves 4
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Introduction
With homemade mayonnaise, this recipe from Simon Hopkinson is one of the best we’ve tasted.
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Ingredients
| the hearts of 2 | Little Gem lettuces, finely shredded |
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| 4–5 tbsp | mayonnaise (see below) |
| 1–2 tbsp | tomato ketchup, or to taste |
| 3–4 shakes | Tabasco sauce |
| a dribble or two of cognac | |
| 2 | spring onions, trimmed and thinly sliced |
| ¼ | small cucumber, peeled, deseeded and finely diced |
| 400g | cooked, shell-on prawns, heads removed and peeled |
| 4 | small lemon wedges |
| touch of paprika | |
| FOR THE MAYONNAISE: | |
| 2 | egg yolks |
| 2 tsp | smooth Dijon mustard |
| 300ml | sunflower or other neutral oil |
| juice of ½ large lemon | |
| 150ml | extra virgin olive oil ( fragrant, but not strongly flavoured) |
| salt and freshly ground white pepper |
Method
Begin with the mayonnaise. Put the egg yolks into a roomy bowl and mix in the mustard and a little seasoning. Beginning slowly, whisk together, while very slowly trickling in the sunflower oil. Once the mixture is becoming very thick, add a little lemon juice. Continue beating, adding the oil a little faster and increasing the beating speed.
Once the oil has been used up, add some more lemon juice and then begin incorporating the olive oil until you are happy with the taste. Now add a final squeeze of lemon juice if you think it necessary. Finally, taste for seasoning, spoon into a lidded plastic pot and keep in the fridge until ready to use.
Put the shredded lettuce in a small bowl, cover with cold water and a few cubes of ice; this will crisp the lettuce. Leave for a few minutes while you make the cocktail sauce. In another bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, ketchup, Tabasco and cognac; the sauce should be regulation pink. Fold in the spring onions and cucumber. Put to one side.
Drain the lettuce and either spin-dry, or place on a tea towel, gently roll it up and then tip out into a bowl. Divide the lettuce into the bottomof four big glasses, top with the prawns, dividing them equally between each glass, then spoon over the cocktail sauce, allowing it to completely cover the prawns.
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