Crab and prawns cocktail

Ingredients:

For the marie rose sauce

·         2 tbsp tomato ketchup

·         4 tbsp mayonnaise

·         1 lime, juiced

·         2  tbsp brandy

·         Salt and pepper

For the cocktail

·         200 g white crab meat

·         6 cook tiger prawns or king prawns

·         Fresh cucumber

·         Mix of leaves

Method

For the marie rose sauce

1. Mix ketchup, mayonnaise, 1 tbsp lime juice, brandy, salt, and pepper (that is your marie rose sauce)
2. Mix the white crab meat with half of your marie rose sauce. Leave on one side.

3. Put to  the bottom of 2 goblets or bowls  a layer of salad. Top with the white crab meat mixed with marie rose sauce. Top with ½ tsp maira rose sauce. Finish with decorating with prawns, cucumber and lime drizzle.

Served with toasted bread and maria rose on side

Enjoy!

Perfect deep fried onion rings

Onion rings...

Simple and easy snack to do but all secret is in perfect batter. After many tries I found perfect  recipe for fresh onion ring but also able to frozen. That recipe should give You around 25 onion rings (depended of size) 

Ingredients

• 400ml/½pint vegetable oil, for deep frying

For the batter

• 300g plain flour
• 200ml sparkling or soda water
• 3 tbsp mix dry herbs
• 1 big Spanish onion, peeled and sliced into rings
• Sea salt
• 1tsp baking powder

Method

1.       Heat the oil in a deep heavy-bottomed saucepan, until very hot (over 170C)

2.       Place the 200g flour, baking powder and sparkling water into a bowl and whisk together to form a batter.

3.       Add herbs and 1 tsp salt

4.       Sprinkle  onion rings with rest of flour  and mix well

5.       Dip the onion rings in the batter and then carefully lower into the hot oil and deep-fry until crisp and golden (around 1-2minutes). Onion shouldn’t to touch each other   Carefully remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.

6.       Serve immediately.  Sprinkle with sea salt.

Enjoy!