Linguine with Prawns and Asparagus.
What can I say? Many of my latest recipes seem to feature asparagus and here is yet another one, but when it's not in season French green beans work really well too. I always keep a stash of raw prawns in the freezer, but you could equally make this dish with cooked prawns too and use frozen vegetables too. The whole point of this linguine prawn dish is that it is quick and simple and is ready in the time it takes to cook the pasta, so that's 10 minutes!
Put the pasta on to boil according to the packet instructions, peel and mince a clove of garlic and slice the asparagus into about 1 inch pieces.
Heat a little oil and butter in a large pan and add the asparagus for a minute or so before adding the garlic for 1 minute.
Add the prawns to the pan along with white wine, lemon zest, lemon juice and some chopped basil or parsley. Drain the pasta and add to the pan.
Stir the pasta and prawns together and serve with some grated Parmesan.
This dish is so simple, tasty and perfect for when you need a meal on the table quickly.
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Linguine with Prawns and Asparagus
Ingredients
- 225 g raw prawns
- 1 clove garlic minced
- seasoning
- 1 tsp oil
- ½ zest and juice
- 125 ml dry white wine
- 200 g linguine
- 6 asparagus spears sliced
- 1 tbsp fresh chopped basil
Instructions
- Put the pasta on to boil, according to the pack instructions, while you prepare the sauce.
- In a large pan heat the butter and oil and soften the asparagus for 2 minutes.
- Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute before adding the prawns, lemon juice and zest, basil and wine.
- Adjust the seasoning and drain the pasta.
- Stir the pasta into the prawns and serve with some grated Parmesan if liked.
Thanks Brian. In France we can find it but not quite the season yet. We are all addicts so will be looking for more ways to use it soon!
Thanks Caroline. I think scallops would be a great change. I would probably sear them first and toss them in last minute. is that what you do?
Thanks Laura. Yikes! I did know about the fish and cheese rule but my lot can't eat pasta without Parmesan now. It took me three years to wean them off putting English cheddar on it! Yuck!
Great recipe, you had me when you added lemon zest. It add a perfect touch. As an Italian I would never put Parmesan with seafood, but the rule is loosing up lately.
I am a big asparagus fan and it goes so well with parmesan. I make a dish similar to this with scallops that we love so can imagine this is tasty.
That looks delicious, asparagus season is only a couple of months away for us and I cannot wait, perfect combination of ingredients here.
I just had some garden strawberries for breakfast. So happy to finally be eating out of the garden! And we've had quite a bit of rain. Yes, i live in a giant country!!
Our strawberries are going well but the Spanish ones cheaper than the French and just as tasty. It's strange that the Spanish ones we had in the UK were rubbish!It's good to know where you are as I find it fascinating how the food varies across the US; think I forget how vast it is!
I'm not surprised! We're already well into the 80's F here, with high humidity. I'm actually amazed my strawberries are still so prolific. I live in Oklahoma, right in the middle of the US.
I just bought some more today! It's at its cheapest right now. Where exactly are you? It's been in the 30's recently but cooler today. Don't laugh but I've just checked the packet and the asparagus is from Spain!
A beautiful pasta dish. I'll have to use green beans. The asparagus have died out here. It's probably hotter where I live?
Thanks Jack. Healthy and tasty too 😉
I totally agree. and sometimes you don't need to fiddle with vegetables too much as asparagus has such a distinctive taste. Such a shame the season is so short!
Caroline my wife introduced me to asparagus when I arrived in the UK 17 years ago! We both love it and this recipe is just so easy and tasty - perfect - One love
Fabulous looking quick and esy dish. I must try this. <3