Sunday, 31 August 2014

Prawn Pesto Pasta

  • Ingredients:

    - 1 pkt spaghetti ( boil with some olive oil, drain and set aside)
    - 1/2 Kg prawns (de-vein,wash and set aside)
    - 5-6 cloves chopped garlic
    - some pepper,sea salt taste
    -a cup of sliced button mushrooms
    - 2 tbspn olive oil

    Pesto sauce;

    2-3 handfuls of sweet basil leaves
    1 clove of garlic
    2 tbspn shredded parmesan cheese
    1/2 cup olive oil
    1-2 tspn lemon juice
    1 handful of toasted pine nuts

    For the pesto sauce, Pound all the ingredients except for the Parmesan cheese into a paste or you can also use a food processor. Then add the cheese and mix well. The paste shouldn't be too smooth.


    Methods:

    1) Pour 2 tbspn of olive oil into a cooking pot and fry the chopped garlic till fragrant. Add in the prawns, sea salt,pepper and mushrooms. Once the prawn is cooked, add the boiled pasta and mix well. 

    2) Pour the pesto sauce over and mix well.Garnish as shown in the pix below with some roasted pine nuts, cherry tomatoes & parsley. Serve warm.






    Note: Since you already add in the sea salt into the pasta, you don't need to add any salt in the pesto sauce.Hope you'll enjoy this simple and delicious recipe!

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