spaghetti with prawns and courgette

Spaghetti with prawns and courgette is a glorious, light Italian dish which is bursting with flavour. The combination of rosemary, prawns and courgettes with a little white wine and parsley produces a subtle flavour which is delicious.

spaghetti with prawns and courgette

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Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Servings: 4 servings

Course: pasta dishes

Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

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• 500 g spaghetti or capellini
• 50 g salt for the pasta
• 5 litres water for the pasta
• 400 g frozen prawns
• 200 ml white wine
• 2 courgette
• 2 tablespoons olive oil extra virgin
• 1 handfull cherry tomato to garnish
• 1 handful parsley chopped finely
• 1 sprig thyme thyme
• salt
• pepper freshly ground

Method

 

1. Bring the water to boil in a large pot and add the salt.
2. Add the pasta to the pot and cook for 9 minutes.
3. Halve and quarter the courgettes lengthways and cut in to 3cm pieces.
4. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Sauté the courgette for a couple of minutes and then turn down the heat and add the wine, shrimp, rosemary and a good pinch of salt and pepper.
5. Continue to simmer for another couple of minutes and then remove the rosemary.
6. Strain the pasta and add it to the pasta together with the chopped parsley. Serve immediately with a few drops of olive oil and garnish with the tomatoes.

Notes

Tip: If you allow the prawns to cook too long they will be tough and if you allow the rosemary to cook to long, the sauce will be bitter.

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