Authentic Cocktail Sauce For Prawn & Avocados Cocktail

Join my online French cooking classes : https://learn.thefrenchcookingacademy.com/p/get-started-with-french-cooking In this video we look at how to make the old classsic: the Prawn cocktail or "cocktail de crevettes", likes tis called in French cuisine. I will explain first how to make the classic French version of the cocktail sauce then show you two ways on how to serve the Prawn cocktail. one version for home (which contain avocado) and the other for cocktail parties.

Ingredients:

2 egg yolks
2 grams of french Dijon mustard
200 ml of sunflower or vegetable oil (not olive oil)
a few drops of white vinegar
20 ml of French cognac
40 ml of ketchup
few drop of Worcestershire sauce
pinch of salt
pinch of white pepper
pinch of cayenne pepper
few drops of Tabasco

Direction:

Make a mayonnaise with the eggs yolks,mustard,vinegar, salt. pepper and oil
when the mayonnaise is ready add the ketchup,cognac,Worcestershire sauce and cayenne pepper
stir well.
let it rest for 30 minutes in the fridge until its cold
serve.

link to the mayonnaise video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHGpyrRRlx0

Roland@the French Cooking Academy