As heard on the Brendan O'Connor Show on RTÉ Radio 1.
Ingredients
Serves 4
- 500g/16 oz dried linguine
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, finely slices
- 2 fresh red chilies or 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
- 450g/14 oz large raw prawns, peeled
- juice and zest of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Substitutions, if needed:
- You can use crab, scallops, squid, or pancetta instead of the prawns.
- You can use spaghetti instead of linguine.
Method
- Place a large saucepan filled with water over a high heat and bring to the boil. Season with sea salt.
- Once the water has come to the boil, stir in the linguine and cooked for 10
- minutes.
- While the pasta is cooking, place a large frying pan over a medium heat, and add the olive oil, followed by the fresh prawns. Toss and cook for two minutes.
- Stir in the garlic, and chilies and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Lastly season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, and add the lemon juice.
- Drain the pasta, and return to the saucepan, stir the prawns into the pasta, along with the
- Italian parsley, and one tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil. Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, and toss well.
