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Squid ink spaghetti with prawns
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 2
Ingredients
- Butter
- 200g Squid ink spaghetti
- 1 leek, finely chopped)
- 3 cloves garlic (pressed)
- 100g mushrooms (sliced)
- Tomato sauce (I used a homemade with capers, olives and basil)
- Tomato puree to suit
- Glass white wine
- Prawns (I used 2 x pack 153g King Prawns, cooked and peeled from the Coop)
- A few fresh basil leaves (torn)
- Grated Parmesan
- Salt and pepper to suit
Method
- STEP 1Sweat the leeks in the melted butter in a large frying pan then add the pressed garlic
- STEP 2Add the sliced mushrooms and continue until the mushrooms have softened
- STEP 3Bring to the boil a large pan of water (with a touch of oil and salt to taste)
- STEP 4Add to the frying pan the tomato sauce, the puree and basil then season and simmer
- STEP 5Add the spaghetti to the pan of water and simmer for the appropriate time (8 mins with mine)
- STEP 6At the same time add the wine to the sauce with the prawns and simmer for the same time as the pasta
- STEP 7Serve the spaghetti topped with a good portion of sauce on top and add parmesan to suit