Saturday, January 9, 2021

Prawn Pasta in Creamy Red Sauce

A rich, creamy, spicy red sauce pasta.

Ingredients:

  1. 500 gms prawns cleaned and deveined
  2. Spaghetti Pasta - 1 packet
  3. Tomato Pesto - 1-2 tablespoon
  4. Oregano - 2-3 tsps
  5. Chilli Flakes - 1-2 tsps
  6. Pizza Seasoning (Optional) -  1-2 tsps
  7. Onion or Shallots - 3-4 medium-sized - finely chopped
  8. Garlic - 12-15 cloves - Finely chopped
  9. Grated Cheeze - 3/4 cup
  10. Cream - 1 cup
  11. Salt to taste
  12. Sugar - 1/2 tsp
  13. Extra Virgin Olive Oil - For frying

Method:
  1. Take 1/2  tablespoon of Olive oil in a pan and heat it. Add prawns cook them on both sides until they turn lightly orange/red in colour. Keep it aside
  2. Boil the spaghetti pasta, drain and keep it aside
  3. Take 1 tbsp of olive oil and heat it
  4. Add Onion and Garlic and saute for few minutes until translucent.
  5. Add tomato pesto and saute until it reaches the consistency
  6. Add cream and grated cheese and mix well by stirring.
  7. Once the sauce reaches consistency, add chilli flakes, Oregano, Pizza seasoning and salt to taste.
  8. Add 1/2 tsp of sugar just to temper the taste and mix well
  9. Add prawns and let it cook for some time in low heat
  10. Add Pasta and mix well






Serve with Garlic Bread!

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