Prawn cocktail canapes

Name: Prawn cocktail canapes
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 avocado; 1 tbsp lime or lemon juice; sea salt and black pepper; 2 tbsp tomato sauce (ketchup); 150ml good mayonnaise; Tabasco or chilli sauce to taste; half tsp smoked paprika; 12 round corn chips (I recommend Mission Foods' crisp, round corn chips, available from IGA supermarkets in Victoria and NSW.); 12 prawns, cooked and peeled; 1 cup picked baby rocket leaves; 2 tbsp finely snipped chives

Jill Dupleix

June 27, 2016

A simple party classic that can be adjusted to your tastes.Edwina Pickles

easyTime:< 30 minsMakes:12

The prawn cocktail is back, being reinvented by modern chefs and served up any which way in rolls and burgers, layered in glass jars, or given a spicy Asian spin. Prep everything beforehand and assemble at the last minute to avoid the sog factor.

Ingredients

1 avocado
1 tbsp lime or lemon juice
sea salt and black pepper
2 tbsp tomato sauce (ketchup)
150ml good mayonnaise
Tabasco or chilli sauce to taste
half tsp smoked paprika
12 round corn chips (I recommend Mission Foods' crisp, round corn chips, available from IGA supermarkets in Victoria and NSW.)
12 prawns, cooked and peeled
1 cup picked baby rocket leaves
2 tbsp finely snipped chives

Method

1. Roughly crush the avocado with a fork, then mix in 1 tbsp lime or lemon juice, sea salt and black pepper.
2. To make the sauce, beat tomato sauce, mayonnaise, Tabasco and paprika with sea salt and pepper.
3. To assemble, set out 12 round corn chips, spread with crushed avocado and arrange a few small rocket leaves and a prawn on each one. Add a spoonful of cocktail sauce, scatter with extra paprika, chives, sea salt and pepper and serve.