Blending prawns, ketchup and mayonnaise...

HappyTuesday · 25-05-2011 4:39pm #1

I have a faint memory of watching some TV show where the lady threw some prawns, ketchup and mayonnaise into a blender and mixed it all together to make a nice looking sauce... has anybody tried this before? Is there a name for this? Or was I dreaming... sounds lovely though.

xoxyx · 25-05-2011 4:51pm

Ketchup and mayo mixed makes a basic Marie Rose sauce which is often used in prawn cocktails. Yummy!!!

kylith · 25-05-2011 5:26pm

xoxyx wrote: »

Ketchup and mayo mixed makes a basic Marie Rose sauce which is often used in prawn cocktails. Yummy!!!

There's often a splash of, I think, vodka or gin to give it a kick.

xoxyx · 25-05-2011 5:29pm

Really? I didn't know that. I knew there was more to it, but was thinking more along the lines of lemon and paprika!

the beer revolu · 25-05-2011 5:32pm

kylith wrote: »

There's often a splash of, I think, vodka or gin to give it a kick.

Brandy or sherry, I think.
A bit of lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and a few drops of Tabasco also help - and some black pepper.

kylith · 25-05-2011 5:34pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

Brandy or sherry, I think.
A bit of lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and a few drops of Tabasco also help - and some black pepper.

I think we can agree that as long as there's some sort of booze in there somewhere it's all good.

HappyTuesday · 25-05-2011 7:41pm

What are you guys talking about?

Anyways, my original question, have you heard of anyone blending the three ingredients together to make a kind of paste/sauce?

Alun · 25-05-2011 7:44pm

PedoPriest wrote: »

What are you guys talking about?

Marie Rose sauce, the pink gunk that prawn cocktails are made with. I guess they, like me, assumed that was what you had heard of.

HappyTuesday · 25-05-2011 10:17pm

It's been seven hours since I posted this thread and I still haven't gotten even a simple yes or no... there's a conversation here about lemon juice and tabasco for some reason.

Let me try one more time.

Has anyone ever blended prawns, ketchup and mayonnaise into a sauce/paste?

Blending as in putting the ingredients into a blender, pressing the "On" switch, then blending the ingredients.

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Morag · 25-05-2011 10:24pm

Raw or cooked?
You never said.

Acoshla · 25-05-2011 10:33pm

My God, what you will get if you blend those 3 ingredients is a baby/pensioners version of a cheapy tasteless prawn cocktail, so No I have not tried it and Yes there is a name for it, Ruined Prawn Cocktail.

What the other posters have been describing with their alcohol and tabasco additions is proper Marie Rose sauce, which is the name for the pink sauce that is served with prawns in a prawn cocktail, for which mayo and ketchup are the two base ingredients.

Is that a comprehensive enough answer to avoid any more BIG FONT pictorial breakdowns of your question?

Itsdacraic · 25-05-2011 10:35pm

I've never done it

HappyTuesday · 25-05-2011 10:49pm

Sharrow wrote: »

Raw or cooked?
You never said.

Cooked.

My God, what you will get if you blend those 3 ingredients is a baby/pensioners version of a cheapy tasteless prawn cocktail, so No I have not tried it and Yes there is a name for it, Ruined Prawn Cocktail.

Jaaayyyysus. I just think it would make a nice sandwich filler. I'm not trying to make a gourmet meal out of it.

I'll try it anyways and report back.

OK BYE NOW

Acoshla · 25-05-2011 10:52pm

PedoPriest wrote: »

Jaaayyyysus. I just think it would make a nice sandwich filler. I'm not trying to make a gourmet meal out of it.

Would you not just put the prawns in a sandwich?

Little Alex · 25-05-2011 11:12pm

Actually, I do remember seeing this.

It was on Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares and it was in a restaurant owned by an English bloke in a Spanish holiday resort town.

On his menu he had this blended pawn muck along with a chicken breast stuffed with banana. He also served up a packet of jelly tots for dessert at a party as some some of stark, austere, post-modern statement.

Ramsey took a very dim view of him for this and actually made up a glass of liquidized prawns for the owner to taste. Even he thought it was disgusting.

Give it a go if you must!