With Valentine’s Day around the corner Audette Vengetas shares recipes for a romantic dinner at home with the POST:
*Prawn Cocktails
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 2
Ingredients
12 cleaned and deveined prawns
200g mayonnaise
50g tomato sauce
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp lemon juice, plus lemon wedges, to serve
A large pinch of paprika
1 ripe avocado, sliced
2 little gem lettuces, shredded
A large pinch of cayenne to finish
Method
Bring a large pan of water to the boil with prawns. Cook for around 3 to 4 minutes, until pink and cooked through.
Drain the prawns once cooked and spread out on a plate to cool.
Meanwhile, mix together the mayonnaise, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice and paprika in a bowl. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
Once the prawns are cool to the touch, mix with the sauce.
Line 2 cocktail glasses with avocado slices around the sides and divide the shredded lettuce between them.
Top with the prawn cocktail mixture and sprinkle with a little cayenne pepper. Serve immediately.
*Cold pasta salad
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Makes: 2 servings
Ingredients
2 cups spired pasta (cooked)
2 smoked chicken fillets
1 small avocado
½ cup cherry tomatoes
½ cup diced cucumber
2 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tbsp peri peri sauce (optional)
fresh thyme
salt and pepper
Method
Cook pasta, strain and allow to cool.
Slice chicken fillets into bite sized pieces.
Slice and dice avocado, tomatoes, cucumber and add them into a large bowl. Add mayonnaise, thyme, salt and pepper and stir.
Pour into the mixture, the chicken and cooked pasta.
*Cheese crackers
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Makes: 6 servings
Ingredients
180g flour
125g butter
90g grated Parmesan
Method
Mix flour and butter until combined well.
Add cheese and mix well.
Shape into a ball, cling wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven at 180 C
Remove cling wrap. Place a sheet of baking paper on your work surface and roll out the pastry into 3mm.
Place pastry on a baking tray. Score the pastry into triangles and bale for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
*Follow Audette on Instagram
POST