Spicy Prawn Spaghetti

Spicy Prawn Spaghetti is one of my favourite pasta dishes. Not only because I love seafood, it also brings the seaside feeling home. This recipe is so simple and easy to make and yet so full of flavour. The best part: It works all around the year.

Ingredients
Serves 2

• 200 g spaghetti

• 150 g prawns with shell on

• 150 g cherry tomatoes

• 1/2 onion

• 4 garlic gloves

• 4 tbs tomato paste

• 50 ml white wine

• 1 tsp chilli flakes

• big handful parsley (some extra for garnish)

• 1 lemon

• 3 tbs olive oil

• salt & pepper

Method

1. In preparation: Peel 150 g prawns (keep 2 prawns unpeeled for garnish) and run your knife through the back of the prawns to create a gash.

2. Cut 150 g cherry tomatoes into quarters and chop a big handful of parsley (chop the stalks finely and keep them separately).

3. Finely chop 1/2 onion and mince 4 garlic cloves.

4. Heat up 3 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan, add onion, garlic, 1 tsp chilli flakes and the parsley stalks on medium heat for 30 seconds. Add the prawns (including the two unpeeled ones) for another 30 seconds until they curl up. Add 4 tbsp tomato paste and saute for 1 more minute.

5. Meanwhile, bring a large saucepan with salted water to a boil and cook 200 g of spaghetti for 8 minutes until al dente. Don’t drain the pasta.

6. Pour in 50 ml white wine and let simmer on lower heat for about 2 minutes until it is cooked away. Add the cherry tomatoes for another minute.

7. Use a pasta tong to take the spaghetti out of the water and add it straight to the pan. This way you are adding some pasta water to the dish which makes it more saucy.

8. Garnish with the unpeeled prawns and some more parsley and serve with a few lemon slices.

Enjoy!