Save This Easy Christmas Recipe: Prawns With Two Dipping Sauces

The Australian Christmas classic. Serve up the perfect flavour hit for this summer seafood staple.

Prawns with two dipping sauces christmas recipe

Fresh Australian tiger prawns need little adornment, although we’re partial to a flavour-packed dipping sauce or two. A dash of vodka adds a grown-up kick to this Bloody Mary sauce, while the lemon-lime mayonnaise is sure to please both adults and kids.

Ingredients

  • 3kg Steve Costi’s Seafood Cooked Australian Tiger Prawns
  • Crushed ice, lemon wedges and lime wedges, to serve

Bloody Mary Sauce

  • ¾ cup quality mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 tbsp Hartshorn Distillery Sheep Whey Vodka, to taste
  • 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • Finely grated rind and juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • Dash of Tabasco

Lemon-Lime Mayonaise

  • ¾ cup quality mayonnaise
  • Finely grated rind and juice of 1 lime and ½ lemon
    1 garlic clove, finely chopped

Method

  1. To make the Bloody Mary sauce, stir all ingredients in a bowl to combine, season to taste and refrigerate for flavours to develop.
  2. To make the lemon-lime mayonnaise, stir all ingredients in a bowl to combine, season to taste and refrigerate for flavours to develop.
  3. To serve, arrange prawns on a bed of crushed ice along with the two dipping sauces, lemon wedges and lime wedges.

Pair this summer appetiser with a glass (or a few) of our favourite Fruity Summer Cocktail Recipes. From the Watermelon & Rose Champagne Cocktail to our Strawberry Gin Fizz, these cocktails are a Christmas essential.