Pasta is
for me a stable food. I just love good hard wheat pasta and can
easily eat it 5-times a week without getting bored of it. So you can
expect a lot of dishes that can be combined with pasta in my blog.
Another
stable in my kitchen are prawns. As I am one of the blessed ones
living in a coastal city they are available fresh all year around. If
you a less fortunate one you can always use good quality frozen ones.
Just make sure you defrost them completely before you use them for
cooking.
The
broccoli use in this recipe can be replaced by regular green peas or
sugar peas.
This is a
quick and light dish that has a wonderful freshness to it. It always
gives me a summer feeling. I guess that is due to the lemon flavour
in it.
As a
general rule I take 65g dry pasta per person and boil it in a
lot of salted water until it is al dente. What shape of pasta you use
is completely up to you.
While the
pasta is cooking I cut per person 150g broccoli into big
pieces and cook it for about 5 minutes til it is also al dente. Drain
but reserve 5 tablespoons of the water.
I a pan I
heat 1 teaspoon olive oil. If I use olive oil it is always
extra virgin olive oil. To it I add 1 small onion cut into
dices and 1/3 teaspoon ginger-garlic-paste. Stir fry this over
low heat until the onions are soft. Than I add 125g prawns
(peeled and de-veined) to it and cook them for about 1 minute or
until they are done. This depends also on the size of the prawns you
use. Small prawns need only a few seconds to be cooked. Take the
cooked prawns out of the pan.
Add the 5
tablespoons of the broccoli water and 1 tablespoon lemon juice
to the pan. I let it boil for about 1 minute. Than I add 1 ½
tablespoons cream to it season it with freshly ground pepper
and salt and 1 teaspoon of chopped chives. Add the
broccoli to the sauce and mix well.
To serve I
place the pasta on a flat plate. On top of it I place the broccoli
with the sauce. As a third layer I top it up with the prawns. If you
feel like decorating it just sprinkle some finely chopped fresh
chives over it.
This is
one of the pasta dishes that is best enjoyed without adding any
parmesan or other cheese to it.
Enjoy and
have fun in the kitchen!
Love
Carola
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