Pasta with leeks, chilli and prawns recipe
A simple pasta dish, flecked with chilli and flavoured with leeks, garlic and lemon.
Ingredients
- 300 g spaghetti or linguine
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 medium leeks, trimmed and sliced
- 200 g large, raw peeled frozen prawns, thawed and patted dry with kitchen paper
- 175 g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 lemon, zested
- 1 handful fresh flat-leaf parsley
Details
- Cuisine: English
- Recipe Type: Main
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 5 mins
- Cooking Time: 15 mins
- Serves: 4
Step-by-step
- Boil the pasta in salted water for 8 minutes, or follow pack instructions. Meanwhile, heat 2 tbsp oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and add the leeks and some seasoning. Sizzle for 5 minutes, stirring often, until softened and turning golden here and there. Remove to a plate.
- Heat the remaining oil, turn up the heat and wait a few seconds for the pan to get really hot. Add the prawns and tomatoes with a pinch of salt and pepper. Fry for 2-3 minutes until the prawns turn pink all the way through. Add the chilli flakes, garlic and lemon zest, cook for 1 minute more, then add the leeks back to the pan. Turn the heat down.
- Save a cup of the pasta cooking water, then drain. Tip the pasta into the leek mix, add 5 tbsp of the cooking water, the juice from half the lemon and the parsley and toss well. The pasta shouldn't be dry - add more of the water if needed. Season to taste, then serve in bowls with the rest of the lemon cut into wedges, for squeezing.
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