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Prawn Cocktail & Avocado Salsa Lettuce Cups

SERVES
15
COOK TIME
-
PREP TIME
15mins
DIFFICULTY
Easy
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Ingredients
  • 500 grams medium sized Spencer Gulf cooked prawns, peeled, halved lengthways and cleaned
  • 2-3 baby Cos lettuces, outside leaves separated
  • Chervil, to garnish
Cocktail Sauce
  • 1/3 cup egg mayonnaise
  • 1 tspn fresh horseradish (or horseradish cream), finely grated
  • 1/4 tspn Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tblspn tomato sauce
  • 1 1/2 tspn lemon juice
  • Tobasco sauce, to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper
Avacado Salsa
  • 1/2 large avocado, peeled, destoned and finely diced
  • 1/2 Lebanese cucumber, deseeded and finely diced
  • 1 tblspn basil leaves, shredded
  • 1 tblspn chervil leaves
  • 1 tblspn chives, finely chopped
  • 2 tspn lemon juice
  • salt flakes
  • Pinch cayenne pepper
Method
  1. For the cocktail sauce, combine the mayonnaise, horseradish, Worstershire sauce, tomato sauce and lemon juice together, stirring until well combined. Add a good dash of tobasco sauce to taste and season with pepper.
  2. Place two thirds of sauce in a separate mixing bowl with peeled prawns, stirring to combine. Set both aside until required.
  3. For the avocado salsa, carefully combine avocado, cucumber, basil, chervil, chives, lemon juice, salt and cayenne pepper together in a small bowl, stirring gently to combine.
  4. To serve, place 15 baby cos lettuce leaves on a serving platter. With the remaining cocktail sauce, place 1 teaspoon of sauce in the centre of each lettuce leaf. Evenly divide prawns between lettuce leaves, top with avocado salsa and garnish with extra chervil leaves.

Prawn Cocktail & Avocado Salsa Lettuce Cups

SERVES
15
COOK TIME
-
PREP TIME
15mins
DIFFICULTY
Easy
Tags Avocado, Christmas, Prawns
Collections Christmas, Family, Quick & Easy, Special occasion, Summer
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Ingredients
  • 500 grams medium sized Spencer Gulf cooked prawns, peeled, halved lengthways and cleaned
  • 2-3 baby Cos lettuces, outside leaves separated
  • Chervil, to garnish
Cocktail Sauce
  • 1/3 cup egg mayonnaise
  • 1 tspn fresh horseradish (or horseradish cream), finely grated
  • 1/4 tspn Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tblspn tomato sauce
  • 1 1/2 tspn lemon juice
  • Tobasco sauce, to taste
  • Freshly ground black pepper
Avacado Salsa
  • 1/2 large avocado, peeled, destoned and finely diced
  • 1/2 Lebanese cucumber, deseeded and finely diced
  • 1 tblspn basil leaves, shredded
  • 1 tblspn chervil leaves
  • 1 tblspn chives, finely chopped
  • 2 tspn lemon juice
  • salt flakes
  • Pinch cayenne pepper
Method
  1. For the cocktail sauce, combine the mayonnaise, horseradish, Worstershire sauce, tomato sauce and lemon juice together, stirring until well combined. Add a good dash of tobasco sauce to taste and season with pepper.
  2. Place two thirds of sauce in a separate mixing bowl with peeled prawns, stirring to combine. Set both aside until required.
  3. For the avocado salsa, carefully combine avocado, cucumber, basil, chervil, chives, lemon juice, salt and cayenne pepper together in a small bowl, stirring gently to combine.
  4. To serve, place 15 baby cos lettuce leaves on a serving platter. With the remaining cocktail sauce, place 1 teaspoon of sauce in the centre of each lettuce leaf. Evenly divide prawns between lettuce leaves, top with avocado salsa and garnish with extra chervil leaves.