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Seafood cocktail platter

Seafood cocktail platter on a large oval plate with decorations

Seafood cocktail platter

Name: Seafood cocktail platter
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 fennel bulb; 70g rocket; 100g cherry tomatoes; 2 Little Gem lettuces; 200g cooked prawns (choose a size that suits your budget – use prawns with the heads on, if possible); 100g white crabmeat; extra seafood of your choice to add to the platter, such as lobster, smoked trout or extra-large prawns (optional); 1 large ripe avocado halved, peeled, stoned and sliced; olive oil for drizzling; ½ lemon cut into 4 wedges, to serve; 5 tbsp mayonnaise; 2 tbsp ketchup; ½ lemon juiced; large splash of hot sauce or ¼ tsp cayenne pepper

Barney Desmazery

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Serves 4 - 6

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

No cook

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Assemble a seafood cocktail platter for a gathering. Everyone has their own idea of what makes a great prawn cocktail and here guests can create it themselves

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Ingredients

Nutrition

Units:

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1 fennel bulb
70g rocket
100g cherry tomatoes
2 Little Gem lettuces
200g cooked prawns

(choose a size that suits your budget – use prawns with the heads on, if possible)
100g white crabmeat
extra seafood

of your choice to add to the platter, such as lobster, smoked trout or extra-large prawns (optional)
1 large ripe avocado

halved, peeled, stoned and sliced
olive oil

for drizzling
½ lemon

cut into 4 wedges, to serve

For the dressing

5 tbsp mayonnaise
2 tbsp ketchup
½ lemon

juiced
large splash of hot sauce

or ¼ tsp cayenne pepper

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Nutrition: Per serving (6)

kcal220
fat16g
saturates2g
carbs5g
sugars4g
fibre5g
protein12g
salt0.9g

Method

step 1

To make the dressing, mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl with a small pinch of salt and set aside. Can be made up to two days ahead and chilled.
step 2

Trim the fronds from the fennel and set aside, then slice the bulb as finely as possible (use a mandoline if you have one). Tip the sliced fennel, the reserved fronds and the rocket into three separate bowls of iced water, and let stand while you quarter the tomatoes and shred the lettuce.
step 3

Drain the fennel and rocket well, then arrange the fennel and its fronds, the rocket, tomatoes, shredded lettuce, prawns, extra seafood and avocado in separate piles or in small bowls over a large serving platter or board, along with the bowl of sauce in the middle (or, decant it into a squeeze bottle). Serve with olive oil for drizzling and the lemon wedges for squeezing over. Provide glasses or small bowls for everyone to create their own prawn cocktail, and a large empty bowl for those who want to toss ingredients together.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, Homemade Christmas 2022

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