Langoustine:Langoustines

Langoustine:Langoustines – Langoustine is a small orange-pink lobster also called Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus,Dublin Bay prawn,that can be found in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and North Sea.
Langoustine cocktail recipe by Gordon Ramsay:

Ingredients

* 20 fresh langoustines, size 2
* 500ml vegetable stock
* Pinch of mild curry powder
* 1 cherry tomato, quartered
* ½ lemon, peeled and segmented
* 4 parsley sprigs

For the Marie-rose sauce

* 100ml mayonnaise
* 2 tsp tomato ketchup
* 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
* 1 tbsp Cognac
* Few drops of Tabasco

For the salad

* 1 baby Cos or Little Gem lettuce
* 1 tbsp finely diced shallot
* 1 tbsp diced crisp, sharp apple (such as Granny Smith)
* Few basil leaves, finely shredded
* 1 – 2 tbsp vinaigrette
* Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method: How to make langoustine cocktail

1. Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Drop in half of the langoustines and blanch for 30 seconds, then immediately drain and peel. Remove the black intestinal line that runs along the back of each one. Repeat with the remaining langoustines.

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2. Bring the vegetable stock to the boil in a pan and lower the heat to a simmer. Drop in the langoustines and poach for 2 – 3 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and leave the shellfish to cool in the liquid.

3. Meanwhile, make the sauce. Put the mayonnaise in a bowl and mix in the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Cognac and Tabasco to taste.

4. For the salad, roll up the Cos lettuce leaves and shred fairly finely. Put in a bowl with the shallot, apple, basil and vinaigrette, and toss to mix. Season to taste.

5. When ready to serve, remove the langoustines from the stock with a slotted spoon and season lightly. Put a spoonful of sauce in the base of each of 4 cocktail glasses and scatter the salad on top. Arrange the langoustines on the salad, trickle a little sauce over each one and dust very lightly with curry powder. Garnish each cocktail with a cherry tomato quarter, one or two lemon segments and a parsley sprig. Serve at once.

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