Name: Retro prawn salad
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 25 gram butter; 2 clove garlic, chopped; 32 prawns, tails on and defrosted; 1 teaspoon lemon pepper; 1 teaspoon celery salt; 2 teaspoon good-quality mayonnaise; 2 teaspoon aioli; 1/2 cup telegraph cucumber, chopped and with skin on; 8 medium-sized cos lettuce leaves; 1 avocado, chopped; 1 spring onion, finely chopped and for garnish; lemon wedges to serve

Retro prawn salad

Who doesn’t love an old fashioned prawn salad? You can buy aioli and mayonnaise at your local supermarket and frozen prawns are much more affordable these days.

Serves 4

Prep

25M

Cook

Total

30M

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Ingredients

25 gram butter

2 clove garlic, chopped

32 prawns, tails on and defrosted

1 teaspoon lemon pepper

1 teaspoon celery salt

2 teaspoon good-quality mayonnaise

2 teaspoon aioli

1/2 cup telegraph cucumber, chopped and with skin on

8 medium-sized cos lettuce leaves

1 avocado, chopped

1 spring onion, finely chopped and for garnish

lemon wedges to serve

Method

1.Melt butter over a medium heat, add garlic and saute for 1 minute.

2.Add prawns, lemon pepper and celery salt. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, remove from heat and cool in a bowl on the bench.

3.Add mayonnaise, aioli and cucumber to prawns. Chill for 10 to 15 minutes.

4.Serve with cos lettuce and avocado. Garnish with spring onion and a lemon wedge.

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