A simple sauce with a classic taste, Marie Rose sauce is a tasty blend of tabasco sauce, mayonnaise, lemon juice and sugar. Prawn cocktail just wouldn’t be the same without it!
K-Mojo Digimaster
If you’ve never tried to make your own mayonnaise, you’re in for a treat. It tastes a million miles better than shop bought stuff.
For this recipe I’ve enlisted the help of an ingenious little gadget – the K-Mojo Digimaster – to make sure I get the perfect mayonnaise every time.
The K-Mojo Digimaster takes the stress out of so many of those fiddly little kitchen jobs. I don’t know about you, but for me, the joy of cooking is all about creating. The laborious tasks aren’t fun and I’ll avoid them if I can.
That’s what makes a tool like this so invaluable. It’s got 10 different functions – so you juice, slice, chop, knead, blend, grate, shred, whisk, grind and emulsify with ease.
For this sauce recipe, we’re using the latter. Emulsifying with the K-Mojo Digimaster is an absolute breeze.
You’ll be able to make great tasting mayonnaise with a beautiful consistency – this will be the base for your fantastic sauce.
Marie Rose sauce recipe
This sauce is an all-time classic. You’ve most likely had it before in some form or another, as this creamy condiment goes back a bit.
It’s been commonly served with prawn cocktail for many years – the two are made for each other. This simple sauce mixture has been whizzed up in kitchens up and down the UK for decades.
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People have often referred to it as “ketchup mayonnaise.” It often comes with a dash of worcestershire sauce, a pinch of cayenne pepper or even a splash of brandy.
Whatever your method, it’s as good a partner for prawn cocktail as any. There’s just something about this ketchup with a twist that makes the perfect sauce to add to prawns.
Around the festive season, it’s practically a British institution. So, if you’re looking for recipes to bring a bit of joy this Christmas, you’ve come to the right place!
Is Marie Rose sauce the same as Thousand Island?
They are pretty much the same thing with the same ingredients. The main difference is the type of dish you normally have each sauce with.
Thousand Island is more popular in America and is usually served together with Reuben sandwiches, big tasty burgers and as a dressing for salads. It is sometimes made with horseradish mixed in with tomato ketchup and all the usual ingredients.
This British version of the delicious sauce is more associated as a seafood sauce. That’s what makes it the go-to sauce to add to prawns.
Who invented Marie Rose sauce?
This mayonnaise ketchup sauce is said to have been invented by British celebrity chef Fanny Craddock back in the 1960s.
It’s not clear whether Fanny should take all the credit though, as similar sauces were being served up all round the world long before she donned her apron.
One theory is that a 19th century Californian miner invented it. Legend has it that he was bored of his regular old oyster lunch one day.
So, he asked the cook for a side of ketchup, vinegar, horseradish and creamy sauce. Without knowing it, he’d invented a dish that would soon become legendary.
Soon after, seafood cocktails with a serving of delicious tomato ketchup with a twist sprang up all over menus on California's coastline.
Why is it called Marie Rose sauce?
The origins of the name are a bit of a mystery. Some have linked it with the recovery of the wreckage of the famous warship ‘the Mary Rose’ in the 1980s.
The name of the sauce is said to have been changed from Mary Rose to ‘Marie’ Rose to make it sound more glamorous and French, something that was pretty common back in the 1980s.
Hmmm… I’m not convinced. Still, what I’m definitely sure of is that this sauce is absolutely fantastic.
What can you serve Marie Rose sauce with?
As you have probably gathered by now, this is one versatile sauce! Besides the classic prawn cocktail, it can be used for a number of dishes and snacks.
As a sandwich dressing, it works a charm. Add it to a sandwich with lettuce, tomatoes and eggs for an extra special treat.
For sandwiches, I would recommend a crustier bread type with a bit of bite in it, such as ciabatta. This will make sure the bread does not get too soggy, which could easily happen if you use standard toasted bread.
Don’t stop at sandwiches. This sumptuous sauce is also a great burger dressing. Just ask the Americans.
If you make homemade burgers, just spread some sauce on the toasted bun before assembling the burger. It’ll be a huge hit with kids and grown ups alike.
More saucy fun
If you’re looking for a sauce of inspiration, check out these recipes:
- White sauce – learn to make a classic béchamel – a thick and creamy sauce made with butter, flour and milk – and can add it to so many dishes
- Blue cheese sauce – think blue cheese sauce drizzled on a nice juicy steak… heaven!
- Gluten free barbecue sauce – delicious and healthy, this one is a must
- Hollandaise sauce – think luxury eggs benedict breakfast
📖 Recipe
Marie Rose Sauce
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 12 portions of 30ml (2 tbsp) 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
Make this easy Marie Rose sauce in under 15 minutes at home! Best served with prawns, lobster, smoked salmon, seafood, vegetable crudités & burgers.
Ingredients
Mayonnaise
- 2 egg yolks
- 1.25ml (¼ tsp) salt
- 15ml (1 tbsp) lemon juice
- 15ml (1 tbsp) white wine vinegar
- 5ml (1 tsp) Dijon mustard
- 250ml (1 cup) oil
Marie Rose Sauce
- 250ml (1 cup) mayonnaise
- 45ml (3 tbsp) tomato puree
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 16g (1 tbsp) caster sugar
- 10 drops Tabasco
Instructions
- For the mayonnaise: Using the K-Mojo Digimaster’s emulsifier attachment, switch on the machine at the lowest setting.
- Pour in the egg yolks, salt, lemon juice, vinegar and mustard. Speed up the DigiMaster to its highest setting and run for 30 seconds. Change the machine’s speed to its lowest setting again.
- Pour the oil as slowly as possible while the machine is running. Be patient. It should take around 2 minutes, if not more.
- By the time you’ve run out of oil, a thick mayonnaise would have formed. Optional: Store in a sealable jar in the fridge and use as you see fit.
- For the Marie Rose Sauce: Place all of the ingredients in a bowl and stir.
Serve as a dipping sauce with crudites or in a Prawn Cocktail. Enjoy!
Notes
- You can tweak the recipe to your taste. E.g. adding more or less lemon juice, Tabasco, sugar or tomato puree.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Sauce
- Method: Emsulsify
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 30ml (2 tbsp)
- Calories: 140
- Sugar: 1.7 g
- Sodium: 127.1 mg
- Fat: 14.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 2.2 g
- Fiber: 0.1 g
- Protein: 0.3 g
- Cholesterol: 8.2 mg
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Tracy Barber
I'd make this Marie Rose sauce, I love this sauce
Fiona Foskett
A Nice Barbeque Sauce, perfect for the summer barbeques we have planned. Thank you so much for the opportunity xx
Kat
Hommous
Helen
Mayonnaise - infinitely better than bought!
Aileen
I'd use it to make Chilli mayonnaise
Joyce W
Home made Mayo - so much nicer than shop bought!
Heli L
I'd love to try and make my own mayonnaise
Bethie Farquharson
A nice pesto using cashew nuts or a Canadian mojo picon sauce would mix up a treat with this!
Jenny Embleton
I’d make some lovely sauces and baby food!
Rachel B
I love the idea of making my own mayo. Never tried to.
Faye Long
Homemade Garlic Mayo - so good!
Patricia Barrett
I would love to win this and try my hand at making my own mayonnaise.
Lesley Prestage Prestage
Hollandaise sauce 🙂
CAROL PATRICK
If I am the lucky winner I will make home-made mayonnaise.
Charlotte Wilde
i'd make mayonnaise - me and my eldest were just talking about it and i said we'd have to make some ... its fate!
sharon martin
i love prawn cocktails so i'd make the marie rose sauce
claire fawkner
I would love to make my own mayonnaise
SUSAN L HALL
i would make Garlic aioli i love the delicate flavour it gives
Jennifer Toal
I would make a nice hollandaise sauce
Amanda Gregory
I would make humus
Katie J
I would love to make salsa or a garlic mayonaise or burger sauce, I think my boyfriend would really love to try this recipe as he loves a prawn cocktail!
Megan
I'd make vegan pesto.
Lyndsey Welch
Loving how slimline and stylish this look.
Leslie Evans
Sauce
Emma Davison
Mayonnaise
Magsd
I’d love to make my own garlic mayonnaise I’ve never tried making it before
Ruth Carson-Byrne
Hollandaise sauce
Jennifer Rhymer
I'd make coleslaw, I love it homemade from scratch
Heather Crowe
i would make some vegan mayo.
Michelle Turner
I'd make my own mayo with it
Sheri Darby
It would be lovely to make mayonnaise
Erica Hughes
Mayonnaise
Laura Pritchard
I'd make a yummy Marie Rose sauce.
Christine Hobbs
I would use it the make hollandaise sauce. Its my favourite for a weekend brunch on poached eggs smoked salmon and toasted sour dough bread x
Sarah Hearnden
I would love a go at the Marie Rose Sauce to go with prawns ♥
Bridget Johnson
I love this prawn recipe
Richard Randall
A curry sauce. Loads for freezing.
Sammi McSporran
I've always wanted to try making my own mayonnaise, so I'd start there!!
Claire Driver
Marie Rose sauce
ROBERT MCINTOSH
smoked makerel pate
Gayatri Gogoi
I would love to make a punchy garlic and chilli aioli
kim ryan
i would definitely make some Rose marie sauc, delicious
Sarah S
I'd have a go at aioli or maybe a hollandaise sauce, both delicious but sometimes tricky to make.
JOANNE ROXBURGH
I would make a Bloody Marie Rose sauce,..yummy
Jess M
I’d make Marie Rose sauce, prawn cocktails are my favourite!
Margaret Mccaffery
I'd make a hollandaise sauce.
Mark Mccaffery
My own take on mayonnaise.
James Travis
I would make Garlic Mayonaise
Anne Plumb
I'd make a Ranch dressing or dip
Angie Jackson
I really want to make my own mayo as it tastes so much better than shop bought!
Victoria
mayonnaise for sure
Anthea Holloway
I would definitely make some Marie Rose Sauce!
Kim M
French Mayonnaise
SOPHIE B
I'd make some gorgeous fresh Guacamole....yummy!!
Mr Mark Adamson
I would mainly use the blender to make soups as we are on a health kick right now but obviously lots of their things too
Paul Brown
homemade mayonnaise - never made it before
Samantha M
I would make a nice selection of dips for my food, and potentially some soups.
susan leake
Mayonnaise as I have never made it but adore eating it
lucinda duxbury
I would have a go at making mayo, I love it and see chefs making it all the time really quickly, this would be a great attachment
janh
I would give garlic mayo a go.
stephen holman
lots of various sauces! brilliant!
Francesca H
My own mayonnaise!!
Kandkfoodproducts
The mayo looks creamy!! Definitely going to try out this recipe next time!! thank you for sharing it with us.
Rennene Hartland
A mushroom and garlic sauce
Kim Carberry
I think I would like to make an onion and garlic dip x
Nadia Josephine
I would love to use it to make hummus or maybe some lovely dips
Kristyn Harris
I would love to make a really tasty gravy!
Felicity Kelly
I would make pesto - a firm family favourite
Adrian Bold
I would make lots of sauces and pastes.
Carly Belsey
I have a great book full of recipes of all sauces but I haven't tried any new ones for a while but I would definitely have a good go at making some wonderful sauces. Home made, if you have the time, is definitely the best way isn't it.
Karen Usher
I would love to try making my own hummus! I have heard its easy to make, but for someone like me thats not the best chef, it will be a challenge!
Patricia Avery
We get through a lot of shop bought mayo. I'd love to be able to make my own.
denise s
id make garlic mayonnaise with it . tried mayonnaise before but it split and jars just dont taste "real" .
Phil Read
Mayonnaise sounds good to me.
clair downham
home made garlic mayonnaise thankyou
Lisa Pope
I'd definitely love to try making mayonaise
Emma Walton
I would make mayonnaise and taramasalata 🙂
Marie Rungapadiachy
This looks great. I would make a tomato soup.
Karen Barrett
Bases for my curries, lots of spices and fresh ingredients
Kate Sutton
I’d make a curry paste
Fiona Timms
I'd love to make hollandaise sauce
Darren Bourne
I would like to try making garlicky mayonnaise.
john prendergast
I would like to make my own mayonnaise
christine reid
I would make hummous, and dips as it is ideal for them.
Caroline Hunter
I'd make a hollandaise sauce, I love the taste and have it with cooked salmon, delicious!
claire woods
I will make mayonnaise.
Rena Plumridge
I would make home made mayonnaise
Sheena Batey
Bechamel Sauce
janine atkin
id make a curry paste
Tayla Courtice
make my own nut butter
Tracy Nixon
I would make some mayo with the disc!
Susan B
Sauces! I use the old fashioned method of a pot on a burner with lots of stirring but it would be great to make white, hollandaise and bearnaise sauces among others.
AJS40
Mayonnaise
Stella H
I would love to try making my own mayo
Ray Dodds
Mayo
Annabel Greaves
I would love to make my own recipe sauce
Debbie Gillespie
I'd make Aioli
Priscilla Stubbs
I would love to make my own Mayonnaise
Peter Watson
Prawn saganaki
Charlotte isobelle
This sounds great! I’d love to try a smooth guac.
Ruth Harwood
I'd give making Mayo a go!!
Lorraine Williams
My son would want me to attempt a BBQ sauce!
Emma Wolski
Onion and Garlic dip! It is my other halves favourite!
Vivien Taylor
I will make mayonnaise out of olive oil.
Pallavi Prasad
Nut butters 😛
Amy Jo
I would love to make sauces with this!
Martina Pichova
A curry paste from scratch sounds like a good idea.
Iain maciver
my own mayonnaise.
pete c
i'd make my own delicious version of a mayonnaise
MJ
LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING
MJ
A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING!
Valerie Brown
I would love to make different flavoured mayonnaise
Victoria Prince
Oh I'd love to try to make a hollandaise sauce
Fiona jk42
I would have a go at making my own mayonnaise.
Maria
I would make a mayo sauce
Melissa Lee
I'd like to use it to make some soup mixed, homemade pesto and some bolognese sauce
lynn neal
I would make my own mayonnaise to put in my coleslaw and potato salads!
Iris
I probably would make some garlic mayonnaise with this
Andrea Upton
It would be really good for making homemade mayonnaise
Margaret Gallagher
Rose marie sauce bjust like you - looks devine
Jo m welsh
Possibly a pasta Bologna with some hidden veg in it .
Tim A
I would use it to make taramasalata.
Michael Fisher
Red curry paste from scratch
Sam
i would make mayo with the disc
Choclette
Marie rose sauce works well with lots of things I find. I'd completely forgotten about 1000 Islands dressing - gosh how I thought it was the bees knees back in the 80s!
Jacqueline Meldrum
I know this is mostly used for prawns, but I like it with crunchy vegetables or a crispy iceberg salad.
Jemma
Making your own sauces is such a great idea. I love the ingredients in this one and I bet it would last a while stored in the fridge.