Category: Fish Night, Meals in minutes, Mid Week Meals
Cuisine: Italian
Yields:
4 Servings
This is such a delicious recipe and is so easy to make. The pistachios make the most wonderful pesto served with large juicy prawns this dish is amazing. I was gifted the prawns from Bradleys – see below for a discount code.
Ingredients
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Instructions
- Place the pistachios, basil, Parmesan cheese, garlic and lemon zest into a blender and blitz. Gradually pour in the olive oil until you have your desired consistency. If needed add extra oil until you have a smooth and creamy consistency. Season to taste.
- In a large frying pan add a drizzle of olive oil and the prawns, cook for for about 2 mins. Turn off the heat, squeeze over the lemon juice of 1/2 lemon and sprinkle over a pinch of chilli flakes.
- Add the cooked pasta to the pan with the prawns along with a generous splash of the pasta cooking water. Add the pesto and toss well to combine everything until you have a silky sauce.
- Serve with another squeeze of lemon and an extra pinch of chilli, if you like - enjoy!
Notes
For this recipe I used the most delicious king 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.