7 days of 22 minute meals - Episode 1! Creamy Garlic Prawn Pasta - your favourite pasta tossed in a silky garlicky Alfredo sauce with juicy butter prawns. On the table in 22 minutes. Recipe below! - N x ❤️ Creamy Garlic Prawn/ Shrimp Pasta | Serves 4 350g/12oz fettuccine, or other long pasta 50 mg /3 tbsp butter 500 g / 1 lb small or medium peeled prawns / shrimp, raw (if frozen, thaw) 4 garlic cloves, finely minced with a knnife 1/4 cup / 65 ml dry white wine (or chicken broth, low salt) 1 1/4 cups (310 ml) heavy / thickened cream, or any full fat cream (low fat is too thin) 1/2 cup (125 ml) chicken broth/stock (or fish or vegetable broth), low sodium 70g (3/4 cup very tightly packed) finely grated parmesan cheese (use microplane), though in an emergency store bought pack is ok (fine batons, not the sandy type) 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley, optional Black pepper Salt, if needed (I don’t) Parmesan, for serving (I know it’s not strictly traditional but I don’t care, I love it!) 1. Cook pasta per packet MINUS 1 minute. Scoop out 1 cup of pasta cooking water (needed for sauce), drain pasta. 2. Meanwhile, melt 1/3 of the butter in a large non-stick pan over medium high heat. Spread out half the prawns, leave for 1 1/2 minutes, then toss for 1 min with 2 spatulas until just cooked through. Remove into bowl, add half remaining butter and repeat with rest of prawns. 3. Add remaining butter in same pan, once melted, add garlic and stir for 20 seconds (don’t let it burn). Add wine, simmer rapidly until mostly evaporated. Add cream, broth/stock and parmesan. Simmer 2 min until thickens slightly and parmesan is melted. WILL BE THIN, trust the process! 4. Add prawns, pasta and ¼ cup reserved pasta cooking water (starch in this helps thicken sauce, classic Italian method). Toss pasta still on the stove and after 1 – 2 minutes, sauce will thicken, reduce and end up clinging to pasta rather than pooled in pan. 5. Add grind of black pepper, taste and check if any salt needed (I don’t), serve with sprinkle or parsley and good shower of parmesan. * Use leftover pasta cooking water to loosen pasta if needed – add, toss, until the right consistency. #creamypasta #quickdinner #prawnpasta #shrimppasta #recipetineats - @recipetineats