Prawn cocktail with gin-pickled cucumbers

Prawns

• 24 medium raw prawns peeled, tails intact, deveined
• 250 g water
• sea salt to season
• ground black pepper to season
• freshly squeezed lemon juice to drizzle

Gin-pickled cucumber

• 2 Lebanese cucumbers cut into ribbons, flesh only, discard seeds and core
• 50 g sugar
• 100 g white wine vinegar
• 5 juniper berries lightly crushed
• 60 g gin of choice (see Tips)

Gin dressing

• 300 g grapeseed oil
• ¼ tsp sea salt
• 50 g gin of choice
• 2 pinches ground black pepper
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp tomato sauce
• 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce (see Tips)
• 2 pinches paprika plus extra to serve
• 3 dashes Tabasco® sauce
• 1 - 2 tbsp lemon juice to taste, plus extra wedges to serve
• 1 cos lettuce whole leaves or finely shredded for glasses
• 1 avocado sliced
• fresh chives chopped to garnish
• micro herbs to serve (optional)