Easy Seafood Recipes: The Most Delicious Prawn Cocktail & Whole Baked Snapper

Wow your dinner party guests with these delicious seafood recipes from Manetta's Seafood Market.

When it comes to seafood recipes, the produce is the star. To help you bring the best out of the freshest of fresh seafood available to buy, Manettas Seafood Market has shared two delicious recipes you will want to try. From the prawn cocktail with a twist to the beautifully aromatic whole baked snapper with chilli, garlic and spring onions, your dinner party guests will be impressed.

Prawn Cocktail with a Twist: Ingredients


Prawn Cocktail:

¼ ripe rockmelon, peeled and thinly sliced on a mandolinJuice and finely grated rind of 1 lime, plus wedges to serve2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil¼ iceberg lettuce, cut into 6 wedges18 cooked prawns, peeled, deveined, tails intactPoppy seeds and torn mint, to serve

Cocktail Dressing:

1 tbsp crème fraîche1 tsp Worcestershire sauce150 gm (½ cup) mayonnaise1 tsp finely grated horseradishTabasco, to taste1 tbsp tomato ketchup1 tsp lime juice

Prawn Cocktail with a Twist: Method


Whisk together ingredients for cocktail dressingCombine rockmelon with lime juice & rind, season and refrigerate for 2 hours, then add olive oil and toss.Present lettuce and melon in each bowl, top with prawns, drizzle with dressing, and sprinkle with poppy seeds and mint. Serve with lime wedges.

Whole Baked Snapper with Chilli, Garlic & Spring Onions: Ingredients


1 snapper medium1 red chilli3 cloves garlic½ red onion½ knob of large ginger½ bunch coriander5 spring onions¼ cup soy sauce (or Tamari)

Whole Baked Snapper with Chilli, Garlic & Spring Onions: Method


Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celsius.Finely slice the red chilli, red onion, garlic and spring onions. Use a teaspoon to peel the skin of the ginger, then finely slice.Place the snapper on a foil lined tray and place half the chilli, ginger and a couple of tablespoons of soy sauce inside the snapper.Spread the remaining ginger, garlic and red chilli on top of the snapper, pour over a couple more tablespoons of the soy sauce.Wrap the snapper in the foil and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes.

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