Tagliarini with courgettes, prawns, mint and chilli

By: Ed Baines From: Cupid's Dinners

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Prep time:
25 mins
Cook time:
25 mins
Serves:
4

For a flavourful seafood pasta dish try Ed Baines's recipe, flavoured with fresh mint and piquant chilli

Ingredients

  • 8 tbsp Olive oil
  • 450 g cooked peeled Prawns, (ideally freshly shelled), drained and patted dry
  • 1 medium Onion, finely chopped
  • 4 stick Celery
  • 2 cloves Garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 red chilli, de-seeded and finely chopped
  • 1 bunch of fresh Mint, leaves chopped
  • 100g cherry tomatoes, halved
  • juice of 1 Lemons
  • 4 courgettes, grated
  • 150ml White wine
  • black pepper
  • 500g fresh tagliarini
  • 200 ml fresh vegetable stock
  • 25g unsalted Butter
  • 40g Parmesan, freshly grated
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Method

1. Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan.

2. Add the prawns and fry until lightly browned.

3. Add the onion, celery, garlic, chilli and mint. Fry until the prawns turn nutty brown.

4. Add the cherry tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes.

5. Stir in the lemon juice, then the courgettes. Cook for 5 minutes.

6. Pour in the white wine, bring to the boil and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from direct heat.

7. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Add the fresh tagliarini and cook until al dente, around 2 minutes. Strain.

8. Add the strained tagliarini to the prawn mixture, followed by the vegetable stock, butter and Parmesan cheese.

9. Mix well together over a medium heat with a wooden spoon until glossy. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper and serve at once.

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Latest Comment

Prawns are totally overcooked in this recipe. I used a mixture of "spot" prawn,scallops and clams. Delicious.

Hank Hank Posted 24 Sep 2009 6:22 AM
 

good good good good good good

Anonymous Anonymous Posted 26 Jun 2009 1:37 PM
 

This is very simple yet delicious. I thought it was going to be fidley but I found it very easy and it came together fabulously.

Martini Brown Martini Brown Posted 12 May 2009 1:24 PM