This prawn linguine is packed full of flavour from the herbs and garlic. Buy peeled, cleaned and deveined prawns if you do not feel like the hassle of doing that yourself.
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I am not a fan of the word diet, or following a restrictive eating plan. Dave and I subscribe to the notion that everything in moderation is good for you. We eat well, basing our lifestyle on one you would find in the Mediterranean countries. Our meals include whole foods that are locally farmed and in season. We have a drink every night and enjoy a glass of wine with our meals. I use the best produce I can afford and make sure to use extra virgin, cold pressed olive oil and real butter. We have tried to cut out starch carbohydrates at night. This is not always possible as some evenings I am experimenting for the blog. We usually only have one lunch meal per week when I can try out savoury recipes. When that happens I want to make something special.
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Last Saturday I made just such a meal. This concept for this prawn linguine is not my own. It is a dish that Dave and I enjoyed at Mauro’s in St. Francis. Dave and I worked on getting this recipe just right so that I could share it with you. It is a pushy recipe, one you really need to make. Dave would have preferred chilli in his and if you too can handle the heat, then go ahead and add some. We have a great chilli olive oil that Dave uses to drizzle onto his meals. I have zero tolerance for the heat and so use it sparingly when I am cooking. Can you handle the heat of chillies?
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Prawn Linguine With Rocket
Ingredients
- 150 g linguine
for the herb oil
- 30 mls olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 5 g fresh basil leaves finely sliced
- 2 g flat leaf parsley finely chopped
- Zest of 1 lemon finely chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
for the pasta
- 30 mls olive oil *
- 1 large tomato seeds removed and diced
- 14 large prawns head off, peeled and deveined
- 30 mls white wine
- 40 g rocket
- 5 mint leaves finely sliced
Method
- Bring a large pot of water to the boil, add salt and cook the linguine for 1 minute less than the package instructions
for the herb oil
- While waiting for the water to boil place the oil, garlic, herbs and lemon zest into a bowl
- Season to taste, stir and set aside
for the pasta
- Once your pasta has gone into the water, heat the oil in a large non stick frying pan
- Add the tomato, season and cook for a couple of minutes
- Place the prawns into the pan, season and cook for a minute before turning
- Once turned, cook for another minute then add the wine
- Drain the pasta from the water and add to the frying pan with the rocket
- Stir in the herb oil, adjust the seasoning and serve, adding the mint as garnish
Notes
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This does look good! I’d definitely go with the chilli too 😀 And I think we eat in a similar way except we tend to drink only when we go out.
I find a drink each night is a great ritual to help me relax and rewind 🙂
To answer your question…no to the chillies. Anything hot gives me miserable heartburn. But this dish does look delicious Tandy!
thank you Laura 🙂
Makes my mouth water, Tandy. 🙂
That is a good sign AD 🙂
Oh yummy, might have to exchange my usual shrimp scampi and give this a try! Thank you, it looks beautiful.
My pleasure, and thank you for the visit 🙂
Mmm, this is my kind of pasta dish, so fresh and flavorful. 🙂 I’d add chilies for me, but leave them out for hubs. 🙂
Thatis what we usually do for our meals but the other way around 🙂
Favorite flavors!
Thank you Tammy 🙂
This sounds like a perfect meal and one I hope to duplicate soon. I’ve pinned it.
Thanks so much for letting me know – and please let me know how it turns out 🙂
Looks absolutely delicious, Tandy. I am flying in and out of CPT on Friday. Sadly Terence won’t visit due to the water shortage.
Enjoy your fleeting visit. I shall be in the UK 🙂
this sounds so good!! anything with shrimp, and i’m there. i love the flavor of spice, but can’t deal with the heat. i was eating dukbokki (korean spicy rice cakes) last weekend, and had to rinse them off with water because it was too painful otherwise.
I don’t like food when it is that hot!
How delicious! Simple, fresh and tasty-just how I like my pasta dishes. I’ll be adding chilli (not a crazy amount) just a little kick would be good.
I can cope with a little bif of a kick 🙂