11K likes, 236 comments - adambyatt on October 15, 2025: "The best starter ever? I think so… Prawn Cocktail Recipe: Marie Rose 3 egg yolks 30g Dijon mustard 10g Maldon salt 3 tbsp Worcester sauce 10/12 drops tabasco - 10g dry sherry 10g cognac 5g vodka 100g ketchup Black pepper to taste - 500ml vegetable oil - Whisk the egg yolks, Dijon mustard, tabasco, Worcester sauce, salt and black pepper together in a medium sized bowl. Slowly emulsify in the vegetable oil while whisking constantly to form a mayonnaise. Once the mayonnaise has thickened, whisk in the dry sherry, cognac, vodka. Correct the seasoning if needed with more salt or ketchup. If using straight away, add the prawns and bind in a generous amount of sauce. Building the Prawn Cocktail 1/2 avocado per person, skin and stone removed, diced into large pieces Iceberg lettuce, cut 1cm thick 2 gem lettuce leaves Prawns in brine Marie rose sauce 1 cooked crevette, in the shell 1 lemon wedge - Mix the prawns with a generous amount of the marie rose sauce. In the serving dish, place the diced avocado, top with iceberg lettuce. Then follow with prawns bound in sauce. Garnish with one large, cooked, deheaded prawn, a wedge of lemon, gem lettuce, serve with buttered sliced brown bread.".