All-in-one prawn pasta
8
Points®
Total time: 30 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 20 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Add some variety to your winter dinners with this pasta dish. This one-pot dish provides the comfort of a winter meal, but with the addition of prawns, basil and chilly, it also has the fresh tastes of summer.
Ingredients
Olive oil
1 tbs
Brown onion
1 medium, finely chopped
Leek
2 whole, thinly sliced
Fresh thyme
1 tbs, leaves
Garlic
2 clove(s), crushed
Fresh red chilli
1 whole, deseeded, finely chopped
Cherry tomatoes
500 g
Tomato paste
1 tbs
Dry pasta
240 g, Spaghetti
Raw peeled prawns
300 g, peeled, tails intact
Fresh basil
⅔ cup(s), small leaves
Instructions
1
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook onion, leek, thyme and garlic for 7 minutes or until softened. Add chilli and cook for 1 minute or until fragrant.
2
Add tomatoes, tomato paste, 3½ cups (825ml) water and spaghetti to pan and bring to the boil. Boil, uncovered, stirring regularly, for 8 minutes or until pasta is almost tender and sauce has thickened.
3
Add prawns and cook, uncovered, for 2 minutes or until prawns are cooked and pasta is tender.
4
Meanwhile, shred half the basil. Stir shredded basil through pasta. Serve sprinkled with remaining basil.
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