Finally, the calendar flipped over the ninth, and the temperature dropped back to the 2 word.
Although the heat has not yet dissipated, the unconcealed coolness of the morning and night still makes people feel much refreshed, and they begin to think about many things that have not been done in the summer.
For example, cook a meal full of emotions, call on the person you like, open the bottle of favorite wine, and warm up the feelings before winter comes.
This [fresh shrimp chicken tail cup] is called sharp cocktail in English. When I first saw it, I thought it was really a cocktail made of prawns, and I was full of slightly uneasy expectations, as if I was in the mood of "ants on the tree" for the first time when I was a child.
Later, after doing my homework for the recipe, I found that the British and American shrimpcocktails were very different: the British ingredients were rich and delicately presented; the American was just a plate of smooth shrimp with dipping sauce.
What I made today is the British -- shrimp chicken tail cup.
Ingredients (for 2 people): 8 prawns (if you are too lazy to handle it, use frozen shrimp), 1/4 ball lettuce, 1/2 avocado, 1 lemon Accessories: mayonnaise, tomato sauce, tabasco, paprika, oyster sauce
Separating the shrimp head from the shrimp body with fresh shrimp, peeling off the shell of the shrimp to the last section that leaves only the tail attached (pinching here when eating), the knife cuts the back of the shrimp and removes the mud line
Chop off the roots of the ball lettuce, cut the leaves into strips of about 0.5 cm; in fact, it does not take a lot of lettuce to make two cups, and it is enough to cut a few leaves [Knock on the blackboard, the cut strips are not shredded!] Cut too fine is easy to get out of the water, the sauce is thin and slippery, there is no taste]
Hold the avocado vertically, use a knife to cut a circle around the core, hold half of the left and right hands, twist and turn to open; use a large metal spoon to half dig and half pry to take out the core; use a knife to cut the grid, do not cut the peel (you can't scratch the material), squeeze in a little lemon juice, and then put the two halves of the avocado together, put aside for later [This goods is also a master who turns black at the sight of the light, so please operate at a fast-forward *4 speed]
Protagonist chicken tail sauce: add mayonnaise and tomato sauce in a 4:1 ratio in a bowl, add a little Tabasco to stimulate it, put a little paprika in the heavy taste, add a small spoonful of oyster sauce to enhance the taste, stir well, and the outside is tender and the inner hot sauce is good [If there is brandy, add a small spoon, this is the most authentic recipe; but who has nothing to do with hoarding brandy at home? 】
Bring the water to a boil, slide the treated shrimp with tail into the boiling water, don't run! Crouch at the edge of the pot to guard, after changing color and then cook for 20 seconds immediately fished out, put into the ice water for backup, no ice water with cold water is also OK [The taste of shrimp is very important, do not overcook, the speed of shrimp cooking is too fast to cover the ears of the bell ringing fast]
Everything is ready, start cupping: lay a large spoonful of sauce on the bottom floor, and then use a large metal spoon to dig 1/4 of the avocado on the floor; the spoon should walk along the peel, and it should be easy to remove the flesh of the cut knife
Avocado granules are covered with a layer of lettuce, almost filled the cup, the leaves are occupied, and then a large spoonful of sauce [chicken tail sauce is the finishing touch of the whole dish, oh no, the sauce, the dosage must be sufficient, otherwise there is no taste]
Finally spread the prawns, pour a spoonful of sauce on top, and finally decorate it according to your personal artistic taste,
Hanging slice of lemon with a cherry dot slice of mint, free to create, and finally - you know it
In fact, [fresh shrimp chicken tail cup] can not only be used as a starter, but also a beautiful and fast appetizer in the middle of the afternoon and midnight.
I think, such a sweet and spicy appetizer, with a bottle of sauvignonblanc, that is really an invisible weapon for flirting with the sister.
Good wine, good food, can't stop yo.