Spaghetti With Prawns And Chilli Food

SPICY CHILLI PRAWN PASTA (SHRIMP)

Steps:

• Get all the ingredients out and ready to go - this recipe moves fast!
• Bring a large pot of water to the boil. Add a big pinch of salt and the pasta. Cook for the time per the packet MINUS 1 minute. SCOOP OUT a mugful of pasta cooking water before draining pasta (or transfer it straight from pot into sauce, if you time it right).
• Heat oil in a skillet over high heat. Add prawns and cook for 30 seconds, until surface just changes from translucent to opaque.
• Add red pepper flakes and anchovies. Stir briefly, then add wine and garlic.
• Cook for 30 seconds until wine is mostly evaporated.
• Add tomato passata, squeeze of lemon juice, parmesan, salt and pepper. Bring to simmer, turn heat down to medium and cook sauce for 1 minute, stirring frequently (don't cook for long otherwise will overcook prawns).
• Add pasta, about 1/2 cup of pasta cooking water and parsley. Toss gently for 1 minute (or gently stir with wooden spoon or tongs) until sauce re-thickens and it coats the pasta.
• Adjust salt, pepper and spiciness to taste. Serve immediately with more parsley.

PRAWN LINGUINE

Steps:

• Peel the prawns, reserving all the heads and shells. Run a knife down the back and pull out the veins. Keep 4 prawns whole, running your knife down those ones again to butterfly them. Chop the rest of the prawns into small chunks to help distribute that sweet taste throughout the dish.
• Put the saffron into a little bowl with a thimble of boiling water.
• Place the prawn heads and shells in a large pan on a medium heat with a lug of olive oil and fry while you peel and finely chop the onion, then add it to the pan. Cook until the onion starts to soften, stirring occasionally.
• Add the saffron with its soaking water and the anchovies. Turn the heat up, add the wine and cook it away, then add the tinned tomatoes, 1 tin's worth of water and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 12 minutes.
• Leave the sauce to cool a little, then, in small batches, blitz in a blender until smooth, pass through a coarse sieve and season to taste.
• Put a large pan of salted water on to boil for the pasta. Peel and finely slice the garlic, quarter the cherry tomatoes and finely slice the chilli. Trim and finely slice the fennel, preferably on a mandolin (use the guard!).
• You can make this with the fresh or dried pasta - if you're using fresh, cut the sheets into linguine.
• Now it's time to focus. Great pasta is all about timing and confidence - the sauce takes 4 minutes, so if using dried pasta, get that on first and start the sauce after 8 minutes; if using the fresh, cook it halfway through the sauce process - I don't want you to overcook the prawns or pasta.
• Place a large pan on a high heat and, once hot, add a good lug of olive oil, quickly followed by the garlic and chilli. After 30 seconds, toss in the whole prawns, then after another 6 seconds add the chopped prawns, cherry tomatoes and fennel, and toss again. Pour over the sauce and bring to a simmer.
• At this point, drain your cooked pasta and place it on top of the sauce. Toss again, quickly check the seasoning and divide between four bowls, followed by any leftover prawns and sauce. Top each portion with a clump of rocket, add a squeeze of lemon juice and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil. Eat it, and be proud of yourself.

SPAGHETTI WITH PRAWNS, CHILLI & ROCKET

Steps:

• Cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water according to pack instructions.
• While the spaghetti is cooking, split the chillies down the centre lengthways. Using a teaspoon and starting at the top, scoop the seeds from the flesh - add these if you like your food hot. Using a sharp knife, cut the chillies in thin strips, bundle them together and cut across to make squares.
• Drain the spaghetti, toss with a drizzling of olive oil and set aside. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan or sauté pan over a high heat and add the prawns. Stir in the chillies, season, then add the spaghetti. Remove from the heat, fold through the rocket and stir.

SPAGHETTI WITH PRAWNS AND CHILLI

Steps:

• Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil. Add the spaghetti and cook according to pack instructions or until the pasta is al dente.
• Shortly before the spaghetti is ready, put the oil and garlic into a large deep frying pan or shallow saucepan over a medium-high heat. As soon as the garlic starts to sizzle, add the chillies and fry for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes and fry for a further minute. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, prawns and some seasoning and cook for 11/2-2 minutes, until the prawns are heated through.
• Drain the spaghetti and add to the pan of prawns with the rocket and toss together well. Divide between 4 warmed pasta bowls and serve.

SPAGHETTI WITH PRAWNS, LEMON, ROCKET AND CHILLI

Steps:

• Cook your spaghetti in a large pan of salted boiling water according to the packet instructions.
• Meanwhile, heat Frylight in a large frying pan and toss in the garlic and chilli. As the garlic begins to colour (be very careful not to let it start to burn!), add the prawns and sauté them for a minute
• Add the white wine and the tomatoes and simmer for a couple of minutes until the liquid has reduced a little.
• When the pasta is ready, drain it in a colander. Toss the spaghetti in with the sauce, and pour in the lemon juice
• Add half the chopped rocket, and season with salt and pepper
• Divide between 4 plates and sprinkle with the grated lemon zest and the rest of the rocket leaves.

CHILLI PRAWN SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Cook spaghetti in a large pan of boiling salted water, until al dente
• Fry the basil stalks, chilli and garlic in the olive Oil for about 3 minutes
• Add the cherry tomates, squeezing out the juice as you do so, cook on a moderate heat for 2 to 3 minutes
• Add the prawns and heat through
• Stir the cooked spaghetti into the prawns and finish with some olive oil and torn basil leaves

PRAWN PASTA WITH GARLIC AND CHILLI

Steps:

• Bring a large pan of well-salted oil to the boil. Add the pasta and cook until al dente.
• Meanwhile, put the olive oil, garlic and chilli in a saute pan and heat slowly until it just starts to sizzle. This ensures that the oil gets infused with the garlic and chilli flavour, rather than just burning.
• Add the wine to the pan and reduce the heat. Reduce slightly.
• In a separate pan, dry-fry the cured ham until crispy (or do it under the grill).
• Just before the pasta is ready, add the prawns to the garlic and chilli mix and stir until pink.
• Drain the linguine, reserving a little of the water and add the pasta to the prawn mix. Stir well to coat. If necessary, use a little of the pasta water.
• Turn off the heat and stir through the basil, Parmesan and ham.
• Season and serve immediately.

PRAWN LINGUINE

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pan of salted boiling water according to pack instructions.
• Meanwhile, in a large frying pan melt butter over medium-high heat. Add the chilli and garlic and fry for 1min. Pour in the white wine and bubble to reduce by 1/2.
• Stir in the crème fraîche and lemon zest, bubble for 2min. Add the prawns and cook for a further 3min, stirring occasionally, until prawns are cooked through and the sauce is slightly reduced.
• Drain pasta and add to pan with the parsley and some seasoning. Toss well to coat the pasta, then divide between 4 plates or bowls and serve.

SPAGHETTI WITH PRAWNS AND ROCKET

Steps:

• Cook spaghetti in large pain of salted boiling water.
• Heat olive oil in a large frying pan and toss in the garlic and chilli.
• Add prawns when garlic begins to colour and saute for a minute.
• Add white wine, tomato puree, simmer for a couple of minutes.
• Toss the spaghetti with the sauce, squeeze in the lemon juice, add half the chopped rocket (add a little of the cooking water if you want to loosen the sauce).
• Season, divide between 4 plates, and sprinkle with grated lemon zest and the remaining rocket leaves.