Prawns and pasta are a great combination when mixed in a rich creamy sauce. This dish certainly ticks those boxes and can be prepared and completed in around 30 minutes. The end result is a meal that will have you hoping there is enough for seconds.
The prawns are initially oven cooked before being added with the cooked fusilli pasta to a rich creamy sauce. The sauce is a great blend of butter, garlic, cream, basil and parmesan. Additionally, sun-dried tomatoes and baby spinach are added. The mixture is simmered to blend all the flavours and provide an amazing prawn & pasta meal.
I like to use the small spirals for this meal. You can use a variety of other pasta if that is your preference.
Prep Time | 15 minutes |
Cook Time | 12 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 600 g Prawns peeled, de-veined & uncooked
- 3 cups Fusilli Pasta small spirals
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- Salt to season
- Pepper to season
Tomato Basil Cream Sauce
- 60 g Butter
- 4 cloves Garlic crushed
- 2 tbsp Plain Flour
- 1 cup Chicken Stock use stock cube
- 1 tsp Ground Basil
- 3/4 cup Thickened Cream
- 1/3 cup Sun-Dried Tomatoes diced
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese grated
- 3 cups Baby Spinach
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Tomato Basil Cream Sauce
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Instructions
- Pre-heat fan forced oven to 200°C (390°F).
- Cook fusilli pasta per packet directions. Drain water from saucepan and set aside.
- Place prawns on a large baking tray lined with baking paper.
- Pour 1 tbsp olive oil over the prawns.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper and use your hands to coat prawns with oil, salt and pepper.
- Cook in oven for about 8 minutes or until prawns are pink and cooked through. Remove from oven and set aside.
Tomato Basil Cream Sauce
- Add butter to a large frying pan over medium heat and melt.
- Add garlic and cook for about 30 - 60 seconds.
- Add plain flour and stir to mix through. Cook for about 60 seconds while continuing to stir.
- Add chicken stock and ground basil and continue stirring for about 2 minutes until fully combined.
- Add thickened cream, sun-dried tomatoes and parmesan and continue stirring for about 2 minutes until sauce thickens.
- Add spinach and continue stirring until fully wilted. About 2 minutes.
- Add prawns and pasta and stir to mix through and fully coat with sauce.
- Remove from heat and serve. Optionally, sprinkle with additional parmesan.