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Prawn cocktail baguette

Name: Prawn cocktail baguette
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 6 slices flat pancetta; 1 avocado, mashed; 1 sourdough baguette, split; 1 baby cos lettuce, leaves picked; 10 cooked, peeled prawns; 1 tbs chopped flat-leaf parsley; 1 egg yolk; 2 tsp Dijon mustard; 2 tsp white wine vinegar; 1/3 cup (80ml) light olive oil; 1 tbs thickened cream; 1/2 tbs tomato sauce (ketchup); 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce; 1/4 tsp Tabasco sauce

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by Matt Preston

delicious. senior editor

Oct 09, 2015

Summer has arrived, time to bring out the prawn cocktail! Load it into a big baguette for one-handed sandwich.

6 slices flat pancetta
1 avocado, mashed
1 sourdough baguette, split
1 baby cos lettuce, leaves picked
10 cooked, peeled prawns
1 tbs chopped flat-leaf parsley

Cocktail sauce

1 egg yolk
2 tsp Dijon mustard
2 tsp white wine vinegar
1/3 cup (80ml) light olive oil
1 tbs thickened cream
1/2 tbs tomato sauce (ketchup)
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp Tabasco sauce

Method

1.

Preheat oven to 200°C.
2.

For sauce, whisk yolk, mustard and vinegar in a bowl until combined. Pour in oil in a slow, steady stream, whisking constantly, until thick. Whisk in remaining ingredients. Season and set aside.
3.

Place pancetta on a baking paper-lined baking tray. Cover with baking paper, weigh down with another tray and bake for 8-10 minutes until crisp. Cool and chop.
4.

Spread avocado on bottom half of roll, add lettuce, prawns, sauce, pancetta and parsley. Add roll top and slice to serve.