How to make shrimp cocktail, in both classic and diet versions
Today I’ll explain how to make shrimp cocktail in both traditional and diet versions. Additionally, I’ll give you a tip on how to make it with steamed shrimp and with marinated raw shrimp, which is the version I like the most.
Let’s get to know this dish:
An evergreen classic recipe from the 1980s kitchen, which has been reassessed today and is still enjoyable even to our young people today in its diet version.
It can be prepared in advance or at the last minute and served alone or along with other appetizers, preceding a fish-based dinner.
Keep it in the fridge until it’s time to serve.
You can serve shrimp cocktail as I mentioned above as an appetizer, or as part of a buffet or aperitif.
You might also be interested in:
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Bain-marie
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 205.00 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 20.68 (g) of which sugars 8.53 (g)
- Proteins 17.33 (g)
- Fat 5.04 (g) of which saturated 0.03 (g)of which unsaturated 0.05 (g)
- Fibers 2.34 (g)
- Sodium 335.86 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 200 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
Let’s go shopping
- 1.32 lbs shrimp
- 1 lemon
- 1 leaf bay
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tsp sweet mustard
- 3.38 oz cooking cream
- 0.71 oz cognac
- 3.52 oz lettuce (lettuce)
- 7.05 oz Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp sweet mustard
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
Tools
Here’s what we need to do
- 1 Knife
- 1 Cutting board
- 1 Pot
- 1 Colander
- 4 Cups
Steps
you can serve it as I mentioned above as an appetizer, or as part of a buffet or aperitif.
By following my step-by-step instructions, you can easily learn to make it in both the classic and diet versions
The recipe is easy, but the most important and fundamental thing is the freshness of the shrimp
Which is accompanied by a creamy pink sauce (or cocktail sauce) and crunchy leaves of lettuce or gentle salad, or arugula, which must be fresh and crunchy.To prepare the shrimp cocktail, start by cleaning the catch. I chose basket shrimp, and you’ll recognize them by the fact that they are small and have blue eggs.
Wash the shrimp under running water, remove the head, tail, and shell. Use kitchen tweezers to also remove the intestine (the internal black thread).
Now we need to prepare the shrimp, and I’ll explain how to do it,
If you want to use them cooked, you should steam them: fill a pot with water, adding a bay leaf and a lemon wedge.
Put it on the heat and let it boil. Once it reaches a boil, place the appropriate basket with the shrimp inside on the pot and cook for a few minutes. When they are ready, let them cool and set them aside.
If you want to use them raw marinated, make sure they have been blast chilled or frozen for at least 2 days.
Spread them out on a flat plate and drizzle them with lemon juice.
Let them marinate for 30 minutes, then drain them and use.
In a bowl, mix the mayonnaise with the ketchup, mustard, and Worcester sauce. Carefully blend all the ingredients to combine them into a smooth and homogeneous mixture.
Add cognac and cream, a little at a time, adjusting the consistency as you go. The sauce should be semi-liquid.In a bowl, combine Greek yogurt, 1 teaspoon of sweet mustard, and 1 tablespoon of tomato paste. Mix and set aside
Choose a cocktail glass and place some lettuce or arugula leaves at the base, then some of the shrimp
a portion of pink sauce and another portion of shrimp on top for decoration.
Keep it in the fridge until it’s time to serve.
For a wow effect, you can serve the shrimp cocktail in scallop shells.
Storage
The shrimp cocktail keeps in the fridge for only 1 day.
