Prawn cocktail cups

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• Kiwi Judi

  06 April 2009

  Kiwi Judi commented on this recipe

  The gem leaves need to be crisp otherwise they all fall apart when picking up to eat. In which case you can't leave them for 1 hour. You can, however, put the leaves in iced water for 10 minutes or so to crisp them up, then assemble.

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• Gubsie

  07 December 2010

  Gubsie commented on this recipe

  Made these for a 70s Christmas drinks party, they went down an absolute storm! Very easy to make, I pre-prepared the marie rose sauce and marinaded the prawns in two separate dishes kept in fridge and assembled just before serving to avoid the leaves going limp. I also used chicory leaves as unable to find gem lettuce in Malta. The chicory was very crisp and worked well, although the individual canapes were longer and more 'boat' like - they were still a manageable mouthful so a good substitute.

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• Jean B

  26 October 2012

  Jean B commented on this recipe

  Made these as a starter for a dinner party. Served as individual portions on a plate so no problems with picking up and made a change from serving in a glass. Had everything ready before hand and put them together at the last minute, so lettuce still crisp. Very well received. All my guests were "more mature" so reminded us of our youth when prawn cocktail was the norm as a starter.

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Ingredients

• 4-6 Little Gem lettuce hearts
• 350-400g/12-14oz cooked, peeled prawns
• 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 4 tbsp coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley
• mustard and cress, to serve

FOR THE MARIE ROSE SAUCE

• 100g mayonnaise
• 25g tomato ketchup
• Tabasco sauce

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Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4-6 Little Gem lettuce hearts
• 350-400g/12-14oz cooked, peeled prawns
• 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 4 tbsp coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley
• mustard and cress, to serve

FOR THE MARIE ROSE SAUCE

• 100g mayonnaise
• 25g tomato ketchup
• Tabasco sauce

PER SERVING

176 kcalories, protein 11g, carbohydrate 2g, fat 14 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 1g, sugar 2g, salt 1.06 g

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