Great for Entertaining!

The season of entertaining is coming to a close, but we can make your final shindigs of 2011 delicious!  Drop by our Swedish Food Market and pick up our recipe card for a quick prawn cocktail, and a half-pound bag of peeled shrimp for less than $5!

Grab a couple bottles of sparking juice so even non-drinkers (and your young ones!) can toast the new year, too.  Available in pear and apple/lingonberry for $3.99.




Prawn Cocktail (serves 4)

1/2 bag RAKOR UTAN SKAL peeled shrimp
1 small head of lettuce
2 eggs
4 thin lemon wedges
grape or cherry tomatoes

Rhode Island Sauce
(if not ready-made)

1 3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tbsp chili sauce
a couple dropped fresh lemon juice
salt and ground white pepper
1/2 tbso cognac or Madiera (optional)

For Decoration:
4 tbsp mayonnaise
Sprigs of dill

This is how you do it:
1. Rhode Island sauce: Mix mayonnaise, ketchup, chili sauce, lemon juice, sale and white pepper. Add cognac or Madiera if desired. Chill until serving.
2. Hard boil the eggs and chill with cold water. Rinse tomatoes and cut in half. Cut the eggs in half. (This can be prepared ahead of time.  Refrigerate the items covered in plastic wrap.)
3. Rinse and shred the lettuce, and cover the bottom of your serving dishes (or stemware.)  Add some Rhode Island sauce and fill with tomates and prawns. Place a dollop of mayonnaise on each egg half and garnish with a sprig of dill.  Put the egg halves and lemon slices on top of the prawns and tomatoes.