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Recipe

Angel hair pasta with prawns

Toss together this flavoursome pasta dish in under ten minutes - packed full of nutrients and fresh, beautiful produce

May 29, 2014 2:00pm
  • 8 mins cooking
  • Serves 4
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Ingredients

Angel hair pasta with prawns
  • 50 gram butter
  • 1 teaspoon chilli oil
  • 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
  • 300 gram green prawns, peeled, deveined, halved lengthways
  • 250 gram punnet cherry tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 500 gram angel hair pasta
  • 100 gram snow peas, blanched, sliced
  • 50 gram feta, crumbled
  • basil leaves, to serve

Method

Angel hair pasta with prawns
  • 1
    Heat butter and oil together in a large frying pan on medium until foaming.
  • 2
    Saute garlic 30 seconds, until fragrant. Add prawns and cook 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until almost cooked through.
  • 3
    Add tomatos, juice and zest and cook 2-3 minutes, until tomatoes soften slightly.
  • 4
    Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling salted water following packet instructions. Drain well and reserve 2 tablespoons cooking liquid.
  • 5
    Add pasta to frying pan with snow peas and reserved water. Season to taste and toss well. Serve topped with crumbled feta and basil leaves.

Notes

Wine suggestion: Serve this dish with a glass of chilled Riesling Rose.

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