The Prawn Cocktail

The Prawn Cocktail (also known as the Shrimp Cocktail) is an Anglo-Saxon starter that the Irish like to serve regularly! This is a shrimp-based snack topped with a Marie Rose sauce. Delicious, this type of hors d’oeuvre is often served in Irish pubs.

Prawn Cocktail

A shrimp cocktail served in Irish pubs!

The Prawn Cocktail is above all a British speciality that has seduced the Irish palate!

The brainchild of English chef Fanny Cradock, this hors d’oeuvre is a clever blend of baby prawns and crudités, topped with a “Marie Rose” sauce, a simple mix of ketchup and mayonnaise.

The result is certainly simple, but delicious, and allows you to tackle a meal in the right conditions!

Expect to pay €4/5 for a taste in a restaurant or local Irish pub.

It’s the perfect way to whet your appetite and sample the succulent and highly reputed Irish shrimp, farmed on the coast of the Emerald Isle. You’ll love it! Especially when they’re caught on the same day!

Recipe: The Prawn Cocktail

Ingredients

100g pre-cooked peeled prawns
2 large pre-cooked and peeled shrimps
1 salad
1 cucumber
1 tomato
1 white onion
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons ketchup
lemon juice
paprika
salt
pepper

Preparation

Wash the salad and arrange a few leaves in a cocktail container.
Chop the onions, tomato and cucumber and place in the container.
Arrange your shrimp on top.
For the sauce, mix the mayonnaise with the ketchup and stir to obtain a smooth, pinkish mixture. Arrange the sauce over the shrimp.
Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice.
Sprinkle with paprika.
All you have to do is enjoy!