The humble prawn cocktail went out of fashion quite a few years ago, but for taste, ease and just simply good flavor combinations, it deserves to be revived.  Personally, I have never abandoned something to the dictates of fashion or any over-exposed super chef.  So here is a great old starter for any dinner party. 

Ingredients to Serve 4

• 8 ounces of peeled, cooked fresh prawns
• 4 tablespoons of Hellman’s Light mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon of passata
• 1 teaspoon of Worcester sauce
• Pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 8 leaves of shredded Iceberg lettuce

To Serve

4 slices of fresh lemon
4 slices of fresh cucumber
4 slices of thin wholemeal toast, cut into triangles and buttered when cool

Method

Mix the mayo, passata, salt, pepper and Worcester sauce in a bowl.  Add the prawns and combine by stirring till they are fully coated in the sauce.  Get four nice big wine glasses and divide the shredded lettuce into the bottom of these, making a bed for the prawns.  Spoon in the prawns, then make a cut in the lemon and cucumber slices and attach to the top of the glasses.  Put the glasses on plates with the toast triangles arranged around them.  Serve with long spoons and watch it disappear.  Sometimes, the old stuff really does prove a winner.  Nobody can lose with this one, it even makes a great sandwich.