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  • Lillibet_2
    Lillibet_2 Posts: 3,364 Forumite
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    Ooh you're making me hungary. Hope you enjoy your feast when it's ready and hope your kitchen lives upto your expectations. Glad it finally got there....I bet it was the loooooooongest 3 weeks of your life:rolleyes: Must have felt like 8 weeks:rotfl:
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  • Sweet_Pea_2
    Sweet_Pea_2 Posts: 691 Forumite
    Sorry Squeaky I dont have a recipe for lemon sauce, But
    your menu sounds absolutely delish, your friends are in for a treat.
  • LindaC_4
    LindaC_4 Posts: 44 Forumite
    A quick and easy Lemon Sauce can be made with Lemon Marmalade, just melt little into your dish before you serve. Add more if you want to make it into a chinese type lemon sauce.

    HTH

    Linda
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  • squeaky
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    Sorry, I don't have lemon marmalade - and I guess I ought to say that I intend serving the prawns cold so I guess the sauce shouldn't be one that sets. Or should it?
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  • MrsB_2
    MrsB_2 Posts: 659 Forumite
    What about making a lemon mayonnaise??

    Or St Delia suggests this which sounds lush if you've got the degredients.

    http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/r_0000001636.asp
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  • squeaky
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    Hmm... I'd considered knocking up a batch of mayonnaise with lots of extra lemon but it's rather thicker than I wanted (fussy old me) because I have in mind serving up on a flat dish with them sitting in a sea of runny sauce that can be mopped up with chunky HM bread rolls...

    I've googled lemon sauces and I've not been convinced by any of them yet :)
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  • kirstyreanne
    kirstyreanne Posts: 276 Forumite
    Hi Squeaky,


    Just found this sauce of the bbc foods websites. It's to go with Salmon so should (hopefully!) go quite well with prawns.......

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/herbycrustedsalmonan_73265.shtml
  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    Thanks :)

    I wish I'd seen that before I started :) I did a variation on a theme - 50ml oil, 100ml lemon juice + zest, 1 tbsp cornflour, 1/2 chicken stock cube, 1/2 tbsp sugar, pinch each of salt and mixed herbs and topped up with 150ml water.

    Whizzed the whole lot cold with the stick blender, brought it to the boil and simmered till it showed signs of thickening (not long at all).

    Oh, and there was a pinch of turmeric in there to help with colour.

    It's about custard consistency and the prawns are slowly sinking into about 3mm of it on small plates as we speak. A slightly odd flavour, but I'm sure it'll grow on me :)

    Roast is done and cooling. Meringue the same, and also the lemon curd.

    Just realised I don't have a single drop of booze in the house. :eek:
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  • MrsB_2
    MrsB_2 Posts: 659 Forumite
    Well Sod the lemon sauce and get thee hence to an alcoholic beverage supplying store!! Run!!! :D :beer:
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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    Phew! Got some :)
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