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Tomato & basil prawn spaghetti
This is a classically simple and utterly delicious Italian dish combining plump prawns with baby tomatoes, onion and leek in a tomato and basil sauce, stirred into spaghetti and finished with fresh basil leaves. Just like mamma used to make!
SWK: Source of fibre
SWK: High protein
Plants 5
highly rated
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 handful of fresh basil
- 200g prawns (Crustaceans)
- 200g pasta (Wheat) (Durum wheat semolina)
- 110g baby tomatoes
- 200g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 1 onion
- 2 tbsp garlic, basil & parsley paste (Garlic, Basil, Parsley, Sea Salt, Citric Acid.)
- 1 leek
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 4 spring onion
- 1 vegetable stock cube (use half) (Celery) (Sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil*, sugar*, vegetables*(6,8%) [celery*, onion*, carrot*, parsnip*, tomato*], sunflower oil*, yeast extract, caramelised sugar*, herbs* & spices* ( lovage*, turmeric*, parsley*, black pepper*) *Organic ingredients)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 568
Protein: 35g
Carbs: 98g
Fat: 3.6g
Ingredients
- 400g prawns (Crustaceans)
- 400g pasta (Wheat) (Durum wheat semolina)
- 200g baby tomatoes
- 200g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 1 handful of fresh basil
- 2 onion
- 4 tbsp garlic, basil & parsley paste (Garlic, Basil, Parsley, Sea Salt, Citric Acid.)
- 2 leek
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 8 spring onion
- 1 vegetable stock cube (Celery) (Sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil*, sugar*, vegetables*(6,8%) [celery*, onion*, carrot*, parsnip*, tomato*], sunflower oil*, yeast extract, caramelised sugar*, herbs* & spices* ( lovage*, turmeric*, parsley*, black pepper*) *Organic ingredients)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 541
Protein: 34g
Carbs: 93g
Fat: 3.5g
Tomato & basil prawn spaghetti
This is a classically simple and utterly delicious Italian dish combining plump prawns with baby tomatoes, onion and leek in a tomato and basil sauce, stirred into spaghetti and finished with fresh basil leaves. Just like mamma used to make!
Cook time:
25 mins
Cuisine:
Italian
Food group:
Shellfish
Allergens: Crustaceans, Wheat, Celery
Cooking Instructions
Ace the base!
- Peel and finely dice the onions. Trim the leeks and halve them lengthways, then thinly slice into half-moons.
- Spritz a large non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium-high heat. Fry the onions, leeks and baby tomatoes for 5 mins.
Sort the pasta
- Cook the pasta for 7-8 mins, then drain.
Stir & simmer
- Meanwhile, thinly slice the spring onions.
- Stir the spring onions and garlic & herb paste into the frying pan and cook for 2 mins.
- Tip in the passata and prawns, crumble in the stock and pour in 150ml water (300ml for 4 portions). Stir well and simmer for 5 mins, until the prawns are pink.
Add some zing!
- Grate the lemon zest into the pan and squeeze in the juice from half the lemon (to taste). Cut the remaining lemon half into wedges. Finely chop half the basil leaves.
Finish & serve
- Stir the pasta and chopped basil into the sauce, then lightly season.
- Sprinkle the remaining basil over the top and add the lemon wedges for squeezing.