Crab & Prawn Salad with Mary Rose Sauce

Though my intention was to get this off in time for St Paddy?s Day, I figured it would also be a good cleansing meal for the big after-drink session. Maybe not the day after, but say after the head is fixed, when you?re back to grind, back to reality.  Perhaps you?ll pair this recipe with some brown soda bread?now we?re talking!

You?ll notice we call shrimp ?prawns,? no matter what the size. Stateside we?re able to get beautiful colossal shrimp, which are considered prawns, but in Ireland prawns usually refer to bay shrimp, as they don?t get too much larger than that locally depending on where you live. Seeing as I grew up in Kerry, this was the case so I recreated this dish just as I?ve had it many times before back home. The only difference is that I made my own mayo, cutting out fat, cholesterol and calories ? do you think The Healthy Irishman would do otherwise?

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