Pasta with a Prawns, Capsicum and Saffron Sauce
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40 minutes
Prawns are served in a flavoursome creamy red pasta sauce that contains roasted capsicum, stewed tomatoes and saffron.
STEPHENMC
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Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 1 large red capsicum
- 1-2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 large tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon basil
- salt and black pepper, to taste
- 3-4 strands saffron
- 1/2 cup (125ml) thickened cream
- 1 litre water
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 portions penne pasta
- 250g cooked prawns
Directions
Preparation:10min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:40min
- Cut capsicums in half and place under preheated grill for approximately 6 minutes until slightly blackened. Remove outer skin with flat knife and slice into long thin strips.
- Heat olive oil in large shallow saucepan. Dice tomatoes finely and fry in olive oil until they become pulp.
- Add basil, salt, pepper and saffron then stir in roasted red capsicums. Add cream and reduce to low simmer.
- Bring water to boil with sea salt. Add pasta and cook according to instructions. Drain pasta well and leave in container to stand.
- Fold the prawns and cooked pasta into the sauce then return to full heat for 2 minutes. Reduce to simmer. Don't leave prawns on heat for too long as they wilt and shrink. Just enough to warm them through.
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Gorgeous combination of flavours, love the colour the sauce makes when the saffron is added to it. A relatively simple meal to put together. - 10 Aug 2013 (Review from Allrecipes UK & Ireland)