Prawn orecchiette with basil and prawn butter

Name: Prawn orecchiette with basil and prawn butter
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 150g orecchiette; 50g butter; 1 clove garlic crushed; 150g peeled raw king prawns; a handful of leaves basil shredded; a squeeze of juice lemon

Published: March 25, 2015 at 3:08 PM

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Serves 2

Easy

Total time: 15 mins

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Orecchiette, meaning ‘little ears’, is a pasta from the south of Italy, whose cup shape is perfect for holding pasta sauces. Here the orecchiette is cooked so simply with sizzling garlic, basil, prawn butter and a squeeze of lemon.

Ingredients

Nutrition

150g orecchiette
50g butter
1 clove garlic

crushed
150g peeled raw king prawns
a handful of leaves basil

shredded
a squeeze of juice lemon

Nutrition: per serving

kcal508
fat22.4g
saturates13.3g
carbs57.6g
fibre2.5g
protein22.7g
salt0.79g

Method

step 1

Cook the orecchiette following the packet instructions. Melt the butter in a pan and sizzle the garlic for a couple of minutes. Tip in the prawns and cook until pink. Drain the pasta well and toss it with the prawn butter, basil and a squeeze of lemon.

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