Quick and Easy Prawns with Pasta
Preparation time: Less than 15 minutes
Cooking time: Less than 30 minutes
Serves 4
Ingredients
6oz/200g x large cooked prawns
1 x onion, peeled and diced
1 x clove garlic, peeled and finely chopped
Pinch of chilli flakes
Glug of brandy (or dry sherry)
½ glass white wine
1 x chicken stock cube dissolved in a little hot water
1 x tbsp tomato purée
2 x bay leaves
Good pinch Italian herbs
1 x small pot crème fraîche
Lemon juice (if needed)
Parmesan, grated
Thickening granules (if required)
Salt and pepper to taste
Olive oil for frying
Pasta of your choice
Method
- Cook pasta according to instructions.
- Meanwhile, fry onions, garlic and chilli in hot oil.
- Add brandy (or sherry) and white wine to deglaze the pan and burn off the alcohol.
- Add stock, purée, herbs and bay leaves and simmer to reduce.
- Add crème fraîche and prawns and heat through.
- Stir in thickening granules if required.
- Adjust seasoning and add lemon juice if required.
- Remove bay leaf.
- Add cooked pasta and parmesan and heat through.
- Serve immediately.