Delicious Prawn Pasta
A wonderful light & delicious pasta with prawns, wine, tomato, lemon & crème fraiche – a fantastic combination!  
  • Difficulty: Easy
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Servings: 4 yield(s)
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
  • 350 g pasta of your choice
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion (peeled & finely chopped)
  • 1 garlic clove (peeled & finely chopped)
  • 1 carrot (peeled & finely chopped)
  • 1 celery stalk (finely chopped)
  • 1 tbsp plain flour
  • 1 tbsp tomato puree
  • 1 lemon (juice only)
  • 1 small glass of white wine
  • 300 ml fish stock
  • 350 g raw king prawns (peeled)
  • 3 tbsp creme fraiche
  • 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese (grated, plus extra for serving)
  • 1 bunch basil
Instructions
  1. Cook the pasta as per packet instructions.
  2. In a large frying pan heat the olive oil and add the onions, garlic, celery and carrot and cook until soft.
  3. Add the flour and stir into the softened vegetables. Add the tomato puree, lemon juice, wine and reduce. Add the fish stock, bring to the boil and reduce then pass the liquid through a sieve and return to the pan.
  4. Bring the sauce back to the boil and add the prawns reduce the heat to a simmer until the prawns are cooked. Now add the crème fraiche, pasta and then stir in the Parmesan and some basil leaves torn.
  5. Serve with a sprinkle of Parmesan and basil, enjoy!
Recipe Notes

For this recipe I used the most delicious prawns that were gifted to me by https://bradleysfish.com/ they tasted wonderful.  If you'd like to try them for yourself or any of their wonderful range of frozen seafood use the code Victoria-15 for a 15% discount on your orders.