Christmas Recipes > Melon and Prawn Cocktail

This recipe is part of the December 2006 Recipes Menu.


Starter - Avocado and Grapefruit Salad
Starter - Melon and Prawn Cocktail
Main Course - Goose with Apple and Walnut Stuffing
Main Course - Roast Pheasant with Cranberry Sauce
Dessert - Christmas Pavlova
Dessert - Prune, Apricot and Nut Torte

How to make melon and prawn cocktail:
A variation on the standard prawn cocktail. It is very tasty and has the advantage of being versatile if one of your guests happens to be a vegetarian (i.e. simply omit the prawns.)





Ingredients

1 small honeydew melon, deseeded and peeled
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon French mustard
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
seasoning to taste
1 large red dessert apple
3 celery stalks, thinly sliced
9oz peeled prawns
8 unpeeled prawns for garnish
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Put the vinegar, oil, mustard and parsley into bowl.
- Season.
- Beat well.
- Cut the melon into small neat cubes.
- Quarter and core the apple but do not peel it, then cut the flesh into neat cubes.
- Put the melon, celery, apple and prawns into the dressing and mix lightly together.
- Spoon the melon and prawn mixture into the serving dishes.
- Garnish and serve at once.