spaghetti with prawns and courgette
servingsservings4
cooking10minutes
ingredients:
500 g spaghetti or capellini
50 g salt for the pasta
5 litres water for the pasta
400 g frozen prawns
200 ml white wine
2 courgette
2 tablespoons olive oil extra virgin
1 handfull cherry tomatoes to garnish
1 handful parsley chopped finely
1 sprig thyme thyme
salt
pepper freshly ground
method:
  1. Bring the water to boil in a large pot and add the salt.
  2. Add the pasta to the pot and cook for 9 minutes.
  3. Halve and quarter the courgettes lengthways and cut in to 3cm pieces.
  4. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Sauté the courgette for a couple of minutes and then turn down the heat and add the wine, shrimp, rosemary and a good pinch of salt and pepper.
  5. Continue to simmer for another couple of minutes and then remove the rosemary.
  6. Strain the pasta and add it to the pasta together with the chopped parsley. Serve immediately with a few drops of olive oil and garnish with the tomatoes.
recipe notes:

Tip: If you allow the prawns to cook too long they will be tough and if you allow the rosemary to cook to long, the sauce will be bitter.