Prawn Cocktail

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Ingredients 

• 16 prawns, shelled and deveined
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• Salt to taste
• 1 bunch lettuce
• 2 eggs, boiled and quartered

Cocktail sauce

• 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 2 teaspoons tomato ketchup
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• 1 teaspoon cream
• 1 tablespoon brandy
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper powder

Method

1. Heat sufficient water in a pan, add vinegar and salt. Add prawns and cook on medium heat for two minutes. Remove and cool. Reserving four whole prawns for garnish, cut the remaining into half inch sized pieces.
2. Wash lettuce leaves, shred them, reserving lettuce hearts (inner most small leaves) for the garnish. Prepare cocktail sauce by mixing mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, cream and brandy.
3. Add salt if required and white pepper powder. Chill the wine glasses in refrigerator in which prawns are to be served. Line these glasses with shredded lettuce. Mix in the cocktail sauce with the poached prawns.
4. Place this mixture in the prepared glasses and garnish it with quarters of hard boiled egg, lettuce heart and place the whole prawn on the rim of the glass. Serve absolutely chilled.