Posh Prawn Cocktail With Tomato Rose Garnish Food

THE ULTIMATE MAKEOVER: PRAWN COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Peel the prawns. Rinse them in a large sieve under a cold tap, then pat dry with kitchen paper. Lay the prawns in a shallow dish and squeeze over 1 tbsp of the lime juice, then add a twist of pepper. Set aside.
• Chop the cucumber into small dice and tip into a dish. Spoon over the vinegar, scatter over the dill and a grating of pepper, then set aside. Halve, stone and peel the avocado, then chop into small dice. Spoon over the rest of the lime juice and toss together gently with a twist of pepper.
• For the sauce, mix together the mayonnaise, fromage frais and ketchup. Stir in the Tabasco, Worcestershire and brandy with a twist of pepper.
• To serve, put a small spoonful of the sauce into the bottom of each cocktail glass. Very coarsely chop most of the watercress, leaving a few sprigs whole. Lay the chopped watercress on top of the sauce. Drain the cucumber well, then spoon it over the watercress with the avocado. Pile over the prawns, then spoon over the rest of the sauce. Tuck in the sprigs of watercress and serve with a sprinkling of cayenne.

PRAWN COCKTAIL!!!

Steps:

• If you are using whole prawns, remove heads and peel them. Leave a few whole for decorative purposes, if you wish. I find that with medium size already cooked prawns, deveining is usually not necessary (it's hard to do + so small it's barely noticeably especially with sauce).
• Mix together Sauce in a small bowl.
• Toss prawns with Sauce.
• Place a bit of lettuce in serving dishes. I like to use Martini glasses, but you can use any small serving vessel, or even small lettuce cups.
• Top with prawns. Serve, garnished with lemon wedges and a sprinkle of parsley, if using.

POSH PRAWN COCKTAIL WITH TOMATO ROSE GARNISH

Steps:

• shread the lettuce into thin strips.
• quarter the tomatoes and dice the cucumber.
• assemble into ccktail glasses starting with the lettuce, season each layer with a squeeze of lemon and salt and pepper.
• next layer the tomatoes and cucumber.
• add the small prawns on top and place a tablesppon of the cocktail sauce. sprinkle paprika on the top to garnish.
• to decorate the glasses.
• place a ring of king prawns along the rim of the glass and add a curl of lemon zest.
• add a wedge of lemon inside the rim.
• to make the tomato roses.
• using a very sharp knife, remove the peel from the top of the tomato in on continuous curl until you reach the bottom of the tomato. be careful not to break the strip. once finished curl the tomato stip into a rose shape tightly and place on the top of the cocktail sauce to keep in place.
• serve the cocktail glasses onto side plates garnished with a lemon wedge, sprig of parsley and triangles of brown bread and butter.

CLASSIC PRAWN COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Peel all but four of the prawns (reserve these for the tops). Break the lettuces into individual leaves, then divide the leaves evenly between four small glass bowls. Sprinkle the prawns over the lettuce and season with black pepper.
• Mix the mayonnaise, tomato chutney, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish and Tabasco together. Season to taste with lemon juice and salt and pepper, then spoon sparingly over the prawns. Dust the top with a little paprika and sprinkle with chives. Top with the remaining prawns and serve immediately. Delicious with brown bread.