Mitch Tonks' prawn cocktail

Celebrity chef and restaurateur Mitch Tonks is an expert in fish, so who better to devise the best prawn cocktail recipe?

Mitch says: "I love a good prawn cocktail. It can't be beaten! It's really about the quality of the prawns and I like to use the really sweet Greenland prawns and mix in a few of the firm textured Caribbean ones. They are a great combination together and make a luxurious lunch or starter."

Serves: 2

What you need:

• 150g Young's Greenland Prawns
• 150g Youngs Caribbean Prawns
• 2 little gem lettuces (finely shredded)
• 4 spring onions (finely sliced)
• Squeeze of lemon

For the cocktail sauce

• Small jar of mayonnaise or about a cup full of homemade
• 4 tablespoons tomato ketchup
• Dash tabasco
• Splash whisky or brandy
• Pinch cayenne pepper

What you do:

1. Mix the lettuce with the spring onions, a little salt and a squeeze of lemon and put in the bottom of two glasses.
2. Make the sauce by mixing all the ingredients together until it is to your taste, adding a little more or less of everything to suit you.
3. Stir the prawns into the sauce and place on top of the lettuce.
4. Garnish with a sprinkling of cayenne.
   

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