Mitch Tonks' prawn cocktail

Mitch Tonks' prawn cocktail

Celebrity chef and restaurateur Mitch Tonks is an expert in fish, so who better to devise the best prawn cocktail recipe?

Mitch says: "I love a good prawn cocktail. It can't be beaten! It's really about the quality of the prawns and I like to use the really sweet Greenland prawns and mix in a few of the firm textured Caribbean ones. They are a great combination together and make a luxurious lunch or starter."

Serves: 2

What you need:

  • 150g Young's Greenland Prawns
  • 150g Youngs Caribbean Prawns
  • 2 little gem lettuces (finely shredded)
  • 4 spring onions (finely sliced)
  • Squeeze of lemon

For the cocktail sauce

  • Small jar of mayonnaise or about a cup full of homemade
  • 4 tablespoons tomato ketchup
  • Dash tabasco
  • Splash whisky or brandy
  • Pinch cayenne pepper

What you do:

  1. Mix the lettuce with the spring onions, a little salt and a squeeze of lemon and put in the bottom of two glasses.
  2. Make the sauce by mixing all the ingredients together until it is to your taste, adding a little more or less of everything to suit you.
  3. Stir the prawns into the sauce and place on top of the lettuce.
  4. Garnish with a sprinkling of cayenne.

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