Prawns pasta. This pasta version of Creamy Garlic Prawns features pasta smothered in a creamy sauce infused with garlic flavour, and tossed through with plump prawns (shrimp). It's indulgent but not ridiculously rich. Celebrate shellfish with our prawn pasta recipes.

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Ingredients of Prawns pasta

You need 1 cup of Pasta (Spaghetti / Linguini).
Prepare 1 of medium tomato finely chopped.
You need 5-6 of Olives quartered.
You need 5-6 of garlic cloves thinly sliced.
Prepare As needed of Olive oil.
It's 1/4 cup of Prawns deveined.
It's 1/2 cup of Prawns heads shells.
Prepare 2 of sardines.
Prepare As needed of Tomato paste.
It's As needed of Capers.
Prepare As needed of Parmesan cheese.
You need To taste of Parsley or Basil leaves finely chopped.
Prepare 1 tsp of Lemon zest.
You need 1/2 tsp of Black pepper.
You need 2-3 of chillies (slit lengthwise).
It's to taste of Salt.

This simple prawn linguine makes use of handy and delicious ingredients that you can have on hand in the fridge and freezer ready to make a quick supper. Cook pasta al dente according to package directions. Rinse prawns in a large bowl filled with water and lemon juice. Transfer pasta to a serving platter and arrange prawns over top.

Prawns pasta step by step

Marinate the prawns in Salt and red chilli powder or black pepper for 15 - 30 minutes. The red chilli powder gives it a nice red look..
Boil the prawns shells and heads in water to make a stock. Reduce it till the water is below the level of the shells..
Fry the prawns in oil and set aside..
Drop the pasta in boiling salt water (bring the water to a rolling boil to prevent the pasta sticking togather). Set a timer for 2 minutes lesser that the cooking time mentioned on the packet. Mine said 10 minutes so I set the timer at 8 mins..
In the pan used to fry the prawns add 2-3 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil. Add the garlic and the sardines. Turn on the heat to medium after dropping in the garlic..
Once the garlic starts to brown add the slit chillies and stir and break the sardines..
Add the tomatoes after 30 seconds and allow to cook for a couple of minutes..
Add salt and black pepper..
Add 1 tbsp of tomato paste, olives and capers and parsley..
Deglaze the pan with the prawns shell stock and reduce..
Drop in the pasta and allow to cook for 2 minutes. Add pasta water to adjust consistency if required..
Add grated parmesan and lemon zest..
Serve in a plate. Finish it off with a tbsp of olive oil, parsley and parmesan..

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