- 500 g prawns, thawed
- 10 red grapefruits
- 5 limes
- 2 tbsp powdered chipotle (smoked jalapeño in a can)
- 2-3 tbsp syrup
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 2 cucumbers
- 250 g sugar snaps
- 3 red snack peppers
- 1 bunch of coriander
Prawn cocktail with grapefruit and cucumber
Prawn cocktail with grapefruit and cucumber
Delicious and fresh interpretation of the prawn cocktail.
Ingredients
Method
Squeeze 5 grapefruits and 5 limes and pour the juice through a strainer. Blend the juice with chipotle, syrup and garlic in a blender.
Finely dice the cucumbers and snack peppers. Thinly slice the sugar snaps.
Peel and fillet the remaining grapefruits.
Toss the prawns with the grapefruit/lime dressing, cucumber, snack pepper, sugar snaps, grape fillets and freshly chopped coriander. Serve immediately.
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