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Rainbow prawn cocktails

Rainbow prawn cocktails served as canapés

Rainbow prawn cocktails

Name: Rainbow prawn cocktails
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 6 as a starter or canapé
Ingredients: 7 heaped tbsp mayonnaise; 1 lime juiced; 3 tsp sriracha or other chilli sauce; 15g pickled pickled ginger finely chopped; 3 Little Gem lettuces leaves separated; 300g cooked king prawns; 3 spring onions shredded; 2 tsp black sesame seeds; handful of prawn crackers crushed; 100ml rice wine vinegar; 1 tbsp caster sugar; 1 large carrot peeled and julienned; ½ large cucumber peeled into ribbons; 6 radishes thinly sliced; radish

Esther Clark

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Serves 6 as a starter or canapé

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 5 mins

plus at least 1 hr pickling

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Serve this Asian-inspired twist on classic prawn cocktail as a starter or party canapés over the festive period

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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7 heaped tbsp mayonnaise
1 lime

juiced
3 tsp sriracha

or other chilli sauce
15g pickled pickled ginger

finely chopped
3 Little Gem lettuces

leaves separated
300g cooked king prawns
3 spring onions

shredded
2 tsp black sesame seeds
handful of prawn crackers

crushed

For the pickles

100ml rice wine vinegar
1 tbsp caster sugar
1 large carrot

peeled and julienned
½ large cucumber

peeled into ribbons
6 radishes

thinly sliced
radish

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal386
fat33g
saturates3g
carbs11g
sugars7g
fibre3g
protein11g
salt3g

Method

step 1

For the pickles, put the vinegar, 50ml water, the sugar and 2 tsp sea salt in a pan and simmer for 5 mins over a medium heat, stirring until the sugar and salt have dissolved. Leave to cool a little. Put the vegetables in a bowl and pour over the pickling liquid. Leave in the fridge for at least 1 hr.
step 2

Mix together the mayonnaise, lime juice, sriracha and pickled ginger. Arrange the lettuce leaves in six bowls, then top with the pickled veg, prawns and sauce. Finish with spring onions, sesame seeds and prawn crackers.

RECIPE TIPS

SERVE AS CANAPéS

Fill each lettuce leaf with some pickled veg, prawns, sauce and top with the sesame seeds, spring onions and prawn crackers.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2019

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