... But I am here now to share with you a nice new recipe for a lovely Prawn Spaghetti.
It is delicious! All the flavours compliment each other perfectly, the prawn with the garlic and chorizo, imagine heaven in a bowl. A lot of the recipe is actually prep and you cook most of it in the time that the pasta is cooking which is a plus for a busy weeknight or a lazy summer lunch that you can enjoy outside.
This will serve 4
Ingredient
- 400g of Spaghetti or any pasta that you like
- 400g of Peeled green prawns
- 1 medium Chorizo
- 100g of Bacon
- 1 large Red Onion
- 200g Button Mushrooms
- 80g Butter at room temperature
- Handful of each Parsley and Basil
- 4 cloves of Garlic, peeled
- 30ml Lemon Juice or Verjuice
- Salt and Pepper to taste'
- Parmesan cheese to serve
Method
Fill a large heavy bottomed pot with water and then generously salt, bring to the boil.
Meanwhile finely dice the onion and thinly slice the button mushrooms and put on a plate.
Chop the chorizo into 1cm cubes and the bacon into a small pieces.
In a motar and pestle combine garlic and a pinch of salt, crush until a smooth paste.
Tear the herbs and add to garlic and continue bashing it about, add the butter and continue again bashing it until it colours the butter green, add pepper to taste.
Place spaghetti into the water when it starts boiling and stir.
Preheat frying pan on medium high, once hot at chorizo and bacon, stir frequently until the chorizo renders out some fat, remove from the pan and keep the slightest amount so instead of using oil.
Place onion into the frying pan and fry lightly and then add the mushrooms and sear them so that they shrink and become cooked through, remove from pan.
Test the pasta, it shouldn't be completely done by this point but it may be, if so remove from heat, drain and return to the pot.
Fry the prawns in the same pan that you have the chorizo mixture and onion mixture, they will become red and pink in colour when fully cooked through.
If your pasta wasn't cooked before check it now and it should be done, remove it from the heat, drain it and return it to the pot.
Using tongs mix the butter mixture though the cooked pasta, add the chorizo and onion mixtures and then add the cooked prawns, toss to complete.
Serve and if desired sprinkle with chopped parsley and shaved Parmesan.
Sit down and enjoy your lovely Prawn Spaghetti!
Well I hope you enjoy this recipe and I look forward to giving you some more lovely food that you can enjoy with your family or just by yourself because cooking isn't an obligation that is dull, it's a creative exercise that should be enjoyed by all.
Thanks for reading,
Aaron N.
