Creamy Garlic Prawn Pasta
  1. Bring to boil a large pot of water. Add pasta and cook per packet MINUS 1 minute. (Note 5).

  2. Just before draining, scoop out 1 cup of pasta cooking water and set aside. Drain pasta.

  3. Meanwhile, melt 1 tbsp of butter in a large non stick skillet over medium high heat. Add prawns and cook for 1 ½ minutes on each side until just cooked through. Remove prawns.

  4. In the same skillet, add 1 tbsp butter. Once melted, add garlic. Stir for 20 seconds until fragrant.

  5. Add wine and stir. Simmer for 2 minutes until wine mostly reduces (see video).

  6. Add cream, broth and parmesan. Stir until the parmesan is melted, then leave to simmer for 1 ½ minutes until it thickens slightly (will thicken more in next step).

  7. Add prawns, stir, then add pasta plus about ¼ cup of reserved pasta water. Toss pasta (still on stove) and the sauce will thicken in about 30 - 45 seconds and start clinging to the pasta.

  8. Take it off the stove before the sauce is as thick as you want - it will thicken more.

  9. Sprinkle with most of the parsley and black pepper, check salt (I don't need more). Toss again until the sauce consistency is to your taste. Add a tiny splash of pasta water if it gets too gluggy.

  10. Serve immediately, garnished with remaining parsley and parmesan if desired.

Course🍽️Main Course

Diets🥩Carnivore...

Category🍝Pasta

Cuisine🇮🇹Italian

Occasions📆Everyday🎉Special Occasion

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyEasy ⏰ 20m

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