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Try this prawn orecchiette recipe, then check out our prawn pasta with tomato, chilli and basil, asparagus and anchovy pasta and linguine with prawn butter sauce.

Orecchiette, meaning ‘little ears’, is a pasta from the south of Italy, whose cup shape is perfect for holding pasta sauces. Here the orecchiette is cooked so simply with sizzling garlic, basil, prawn butter and a squeeze of lemon.

  • 150g orecchiette
  • 50g butter
  • 1 clove garlic
    crushed
  • 150g peeled raw king prawns
  • a handful of leaves basil
    shredded
  • a squeeze of juice lemon

Nutrition:

  • kcal508
  • fat22.4g
  • saturates13.3g
  • carbs57.6g
  • fibre2.5g
  • protein22.7g
  • salt0.79g

Method

  • step 1

    Cook the orecchiette following the packet instructions. Melt the butter in a pan and sizzle the garlic for a couple of minutes. Tip in the prawns and cook until pink. Drain the pasta well and toss it with the prawn butter, basil and a squeeze of lemon.

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