Salad Recipes - English Country Prawn Salad

Ingredients

• 350 g/12 oz/1 1/2 cups long-grain rice

• 225 g/8 oz/2 cups peeled prawns (shrimp)

• 1 cucumber, thinly sliced

• 2 hard-boiled (hard-cooked) eggs, sliced

• 2 tomatoes, halved, seeded and cut into chunks

• 45 ml/3 tbsp olive oil

• Juice of 2 lemons

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• Lettuce leaves

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Method:

1. Cook the rice in plenty of boiling salted water until tender. Drain, rinse with cold water and drain again.

2. Place in a large bowl and gently mix in all the remaining ingredients except the lettuce.

3. Turn into a large, lightly oiled pudding basin and press down firmly. Chill for at least 1 hour.

4. Loosen the edge, then turn out on to a bed of lettuce and serve.

5. Alternatively, simply toss gently in a salad bowl and serve with the lettuce.