Spicy prawn cocktail

Spicy prawn cocktail is a classic starter dish in which juicy prawns are tossed in pink Marie Rose sauce with an added punch. A classic 80’s starter dish that never goes out of style.
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 5 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
1 lb fresh prawns (king-size or jumbo-size)
1 lime or lemon
3 quarts water
1 bay leaf
10 whole black peppercorns
Generous pinch salt
2 cups iceberg lettuce or romaine, roughly torn
Cocktail Sauce-
4 tablespoons mayonnaise preferably whole egg mayonnaise
1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
1 teaspoon hot sauce like Tabasco sauce sriracha hot sauce or any hot sauce
1 tablespoon horseradish finely grated creamed (I skipped)
¼ teaspoon ground pepper
¼ teaspoon salt adjust to taste
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (reduce if you can't handle heat)
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Method
1. First, make the prawn cocktail sauce. Whisk together mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, hot sauce, pepper, salt, and cayenne pepper, and dash freshly grated horseradish (if available) in a bowl. Refrigerate until use.
2. Add salt, black peppercorns, and bay leaves to water, and bring it to a boil.
3. Add peeled, deveined prawns to the boiling water. If you choose to use whole prawns with shells, devein the prawns before cooking. It’s so hard to devein after it’s cooked.
4. Cook/blanch until prawns are pink, slightly firm but cooked through. It will take 3-5 minutes. Do not overcook prawns.
5. Drain immediately well (discard peppercorns and bay leaf). Let it cool completely. You can store cooked prawns in the refrigerator ready to serve this starter.
6. When ready to serve toss cooked prawns in Marie Rose sauce. Toss well to coat every prawn evenly in the sauce.
7. Fill the martini or wine glass (or any other glassware) with lettuce leaves and serve cocktail sauce dolled prawns on top with lime (or lemon) wedges on the sides.
8. Alternatively, you can use iceberg lettuce cups and serve prawns in them. If serving in lettuce cups, do not shred all lettuce leaves, keep a few lettuce cups whole.
9. Sprinkle a little cayenne pepper on top of prawns and enjoy!
Link: www.currytrail.in/spicy-prawn...

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