Avocats aux crevettes - French Shrimp Cocktail Recipe

August 8, 2018 by Vincent Anthonioz French Recipes 0 comments

Avocats aux crevettes – French Shrimp Cocktail Recipe

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This shrimp cocktail is a delightful and refreshing dish for summer, which will also give you the opportunity to learn how to make French cocktail sauce, much different than American or British cocktail sauces.

Recette en Français

Pour 4 personnes
Ingrédients:

2 avocats
10 grosses crevettes cuites (ou 250 g de petites crevettes)
Quelques feuilles de salade, quelques tomates cerise et deux rondelles de citron pour la décoration.

Sauce cocktail (française)

2 jaunes d’œufs
2 cuillères à café de moutarde de Dijon
15-20 cl d’huile de tournesol ou d’arachide
1 cuillère à soupe de vinaigre
Sel, poivre
2 cuillères à soupe de ketchup
1 cuillère à soupe de cognac
un peu de paprika

Préparation:

Mayonnaise :

mélanger les jaunes d’œufs avec la moutarde, le sel et le poivre dans un saladier.
Ajouter tout doucement et peu à peu l’huile sur le mélange en battant au fouet. L’huile va s’incorporer et la mayonnaise commencera à prendre jusqu’à ce qu’elle devienne ferme. Attention à ne pas verser l’huile trop vite pour ne pas casser la mayonnaise.
Ajouter le vinaigre et continuer à mélanger.

Pour faire la sauce cocktail, ajouter un peu de ketchup et le cognac. Goûter et rectifier l’assaisonnement.

Avocats : les couper en 2. Enlever les noyaux. Puis les disposer sur une ou deux feuilles de salade dans une assiette.

Remplir les avocats avec des crevettes et les recouvrir de sauce cocktail. Saupoudrer d’un peu de paprika. Décorer avec la rondelle de citron coupée au milieu. Servir sans attendre.

Bon appétit!

Recipe in English

For 4 people
Ingredients:

2 avocados10 scampi cooked (or 250 g of small shrimps)
A few lettuce leaves, cherry tomatoes and
2 slices of lemon for decoration.

French cocktail sauce

2 eggs yolks 2 teaspoons
Dijon mustard
15-20 centilitre (1 glass) of oil (sun-flower or peanut)
1 tablespoons vinegar
Salt, pepper
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoons cognac
Paprika.

Preparation:

The mayonnaise:

combine the egg yolks with the mustard and salt and pepper in a bowl and mix it together lightly.
Add the oil very slowly at first into the blend and mix it all with a whisk. The oil will blend in and the mayonnaise will start to form until it becomes firm. Be careful not to pour the oil in too quickly so as not to ruin the mayonnaise.
Add the vinegar and continue to mix.

To make the cocktail sauce, add the ketchup and the cognac. Taste and adjust the seasoning.

The avocados: cut them in half. Take out the pit. Put them on a small plate covered with one or two leaves of lettuce.

Fill the avocados with shrimps and cover them with the cocktail sauce. Add a dash of paprika and it’s ready to serve.

Bon appétit!

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