his is actually Mr Smaggle’s recipe. He invented it one night and has been perfecting it ever since. We tend to only do a small amount of pasta (gluten free obviously!) but it’s a perfect Friday night with a glass of wine meal. It’s also a two-pot meal so there’s never much washing up afterwards. It’s also super tasty – the prawns we bought for this batch were from the Vic Markets. Fresher than the stuff mermaids eat. For real.
- 500g Raw Prawns
- Pasta
- 3 Kaffir Lime Leaves (optional)
- Bunch of Basil (roughly chopped)
- 1 Large Chilli
- 1 Small Chilli
- 1 punnet of Cherry Tomatoes
- Small bunch of Lemon Thyme
- 1 Small Red Onion
- Olive Oil
- Start the pasta cooking, by the time it’s finished cooking the rest will be ready to toss through.
- Finely chop the onion, garlic, chilli then sauté with half the lemon thyme and the kaffir lime leaves on medium heat with enough olive oil to make a layer across the pan (use more than you think - it essentially becomes the sauce).
- When the garlic is fragrant in the pan, halve the cherry tomatoes and sauté them.
- When the cherry tomatoes start to loose their structure and are easy to squish, turn up the heat and toss through the prawns.
- When the prawns turn opaque, turn the heat off and toss through the basil.
- Mix the pasta and prawns together and remove the kaffir lime leaves.
- Serve with salt and cracked pepper.
We’re not huge pasta eaters but when we do pasta, we do it right.
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What’s your most favourite pasta recipe? Is pasta a staple at your house?
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We don’t eat heaps of pasta but when we do it’s gluten free. We make this salami/sour cream combo with loads of hidden veggies – it sounds so wrong but it tastes so right. It’s the ultimate comfort food. This dish looks looks full of fresh and big flavours – so much yum!
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It is so delicious! I might actually get Mr Smags to make it for dinner tonight… sneaky!
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Yum! Pinning to remember to try this later!
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Oh awesome! I love when people pin my stuff. I don’t really ‘get’ pinterest so that made my day.
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That sounds amazing, definitely going to give that one a go!
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It’s so quick and easy – perfect weeknight dinner!
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Hello deliciousness! We love a healthy, yummy gluten free pasta recipe – and I’m a bit obsessed with prawns – so this is definitely being cooked in our house ASAP!
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I think even Amalfi would like it… although CHICKEN????? would be more up his alley.
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Yep. I pinned it too. It looks, sounds, smells (yep I can smmmmell it) delish! Thank you!
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Oh seriously the smell is out of this world!
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Pasta may be my spirit food. Is that a thing? I love crawfish pasta with a little bit of a cream and cheese sauce. It’s sooo good. Crawfish with their juices/fat (sounds gross but it’s delicious) and a bit of butter with fresh green onions and parsley.
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