Prawn and Chilli Pasta

Ingredients

• Fettucine: 180g

• Prawns: 200g +, shelled and deveined

• Butter, unsalted: 60g

• White wine, dry: 1/4 cup

• Garlic: 1 clove, finely diced

• Birds eye chilli: 1 - 2, sliced

• Cherry tomatoes: 8, halved (or as desired)

• Lemon juice

• Black pepper

• Parsley: 1 handful, roughly chopped

• Spinach or rocket leaves

• Salt 

• Olive oil

Method

1. Boil a pot of water and add the pasta. Once the pasta is ~5 minutes from being done begin making the sauce.

2. Heat a frying pan with two tablespoons of olive oil. Fry the prawns until they are nearly cooked. They should be pink and moist.

3. Take the prawns out of the pan and set aside. Fry the garlic and chilli in the pan for a minute, then add the white wine and a tablespoon of lemon juice.

4. Reduce the white wine and chilli mixture until it has thickened, then add the butter and 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt. Add the cherry tomatoes and cook until slightly softened. 

5. Reserve 1/4 cup of the pasta water. Drain the pasta and add it to the pot with the butter. Return the prawns to the pan. Add pasta water and parsley to the prawn and pasta mixture.

6. Serve the pasta on a bed of rocket as desired with a crack of pepper.

Ingredients

• Pasta: 200g 

• Prawns: 200g +, shelled and deveined

• White wine, dry: 1/4 cup

• Olive oil: 1/3 cup

• Birds eye chilli: 1 - 2, sliced

• Shallots: 2, finely diced

• Cherry tomatoes or similar: 8, halved (or as desired)

• Lemon juice

• Black pepper

• Parsley: 1 handful, roughly chopped

• Salt (e.g., Maldon sea salt)

• Freshly grated cheese (e.g., pecorino romano)

Method

1. Boil a pot of salted water and add the pasta. Once the pasta is ~5 minutes from being done begin making the sauce.

2. Fry the prawns until they are nearly cooked. They should be pink and moist.

3. Take the prawns out of the pot and set aside. Fry the chilli and shallots in the pot, then add the white wine and a tablespoon of lemon juice.

4. Reduce the white wine and chilli mixture until it has thickened, then add the olive oil. Return the prawns to the pot.

5. Reserve ~1 cup of pasta water. Add the pasta to the prawn mixture. Add the cherry tomatoes, parsley and toss. Mix in a few tablespoons of the pasta water as desired for taste and consistency.

6. Season as desired with salt and black pepper. Consider serving with freshly grated cheese (e.g., pecorino romano)