SHANE'S PUB

Prawn Cocktail

 

Serves 4

 

Ingredients:

 

32 Shell-On (21-25 count) Dingle Bay Prawns

 

Brine Ingredients:

 

1/4 cup kosher salt

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup water

2 cups ices

 

Moran's Cocktail Sauce

 

Garnish: Butter Lettuce and Lemon Wedges

 

 

Boil 1 cup water and dissolve salt and sugar. Cool completely then add ice. 

Using a pair of scissors make an incision down the back of the shrimp. Remove the shrimp from the shell. Rinse with cold water. 
 

 Place cleaned shrimp into a bowl with brine and refrigerate mixture for 20 to 25 minutes. 

Place a baking sheet or broiler pan under oven broiler and preheat for 5 minutes. Remove shrimp from brine and drain thoroughly. Rinse the shrimp under cold water and dry on paper towels. In a large bowl, toss shrimp with olive oil and sprinkle with Old Bay seasoning, if desired.

Place shrimp onto a sizzling sheet pan and return to broiler immediately. After 2 minutes, turn the shrimp with a pair of tongs. Return the shrimp to broiler for 1 minute. Transfer to a cold cookie sheet. Refrigerate immediately.

Once shrimp have chilled, arrange shrimp on platter bedded in butter lettuce and garnish with lemon. Serve with Moran's Cocktail Sauce. 

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