Shrimp or prawn cocktail is a seafood dish consisting of cooked prawns served in a glass with cocktail sauce. The dish has vague origins, but most people claim that it was invented by a 19th-century miner from California who first used oysters in a glass with a sauce, but the Golden Gate Hotel in Las Vegas was the first to offer a 50-cent shrimp cocktail in 1959.
American Prawns Cocktail
Course: MainCuisine: AustralianDifficulty: Easy4
servings15
minutes2
hours300
kcal2
hours15
minutesShrimp or prawn cocktail is a seafood dish consisting of cooked prawns served in a glass with cocktail sauce. The dish has vague origins, but most people claim that it was invented by a 19th-century miner from California who first used oysters in a glass with a sauce, but the Golden Gate Hotel in Las Vegas was the first to offer a 50-cent shrimp cocktail in 1959.
Ingredients
2 mangos cut into cheeks, peeled and thinly sliced
Juice and finely grated rind of 1 lime, plus wedges to serve
2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil
¼ iceberg lettuce, cut into 6 wedges
18 large cooked Australian prawns, peeled, deveined, tails intact
sesame seeds and torn mint, to serve
- Cocktail dressing
½ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
1 tablespoon crème fraîche
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon finely grated horseradish
Tabasco, to taste
1 teaspoon lime juice
Directions
- For the cocktail dressing, whisk ingredients in a bowl, season to taste and refrigerate.
- Combine mango, lime juice and rind in a bowl, season to taste and refrigerate to chill. Add olive oil and toss gently.
- Divide lettuce and mango among bowls, top with prawns, drizzle with dressing, scatter with sesame seeds and mint and serve with lime wedges.
