woensdag 26 december 2018

South Italian Pasta with Prawns

This is a delicious and easy to make recipe form the south of Italy.
What you need: 
  • 350 g dried spaghetti
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic , peeled and finely chopped
  • 2 dried red chillie, crumbled
  • 400 g tiger prawns
  • 1 dl white wine
  • 3 tbsp tomato puree
  • 1 lemon, juice and zest 
  • 2 handfuls rocket salad, roughly chopped
    How to prepare it:
    1. Cook your spaghetti in a large pan of salted boiling water.
    2. Meanwhile, heat 3 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil in a large frying pan and toss in the garlic and chilli. As the garlic begins to colour, add the prawns and sauté them for a minute. 
    3. Add the white wine and the tomato purée and simmer for a couple of minutes. 
    4. When the pasta is ready, drain it in a colander, reserving a little of the cooking water. 
    5. Toss the spaghetti with the sauce, squeeze in the lemon juice, add half the chopped rocket, adding a little of the reserved cooking water if you want to loosen the sauce a bit, and correct the seasoning. 
    6. Divide between 4 plates and sprinkle with the grated lemon zest and the rest of the rocket leaves.
    (after Jamie Oliver)

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