Linguine with prawn butter sauce
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 2
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- 200g linguine
- 50g salted butter
- 1 clove garliccrushed
- 1 shallotfinely chopped
- dried chilli flakesa pinch
- 2 plum tomatoesfinely diced
- 200g raw peeled prawnsdeveined and butterflied
- a small bunch chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1 lemonjuiced
- kcal626
- fat22.6g
- saturates13.4g
- carbs72.3g
- sugars5.3g
- fibre5.6g
- protein30.5g
- salt1g
Method
step 1
Cook the linguine in boiling salted water.
step 2
Meanwhile, heat the butter in a frying pan and cook the garlic and shallot gently until the shallot is softened.
step 3
Stir in the chilli and plum tomatoes, and cook for 3-4 minutes, then stir in the prawns and cook until pink.
step 4
Stir in the parsley and lemon juice.
step 5
Drain the pasta and tip into the prawn pan along with a splash of cooking water and lots of seasoning.
step 6
Toss and serve in bowls.