PRAWN AND CHORIZO PASTA

 PRAWN AND CHORIZO PASTA

Make weekday evenings even easier with dinners that only require one pan. This means a tasty dinner, almost no dishes and more time to relax.

 

Ingredients:

• 0.5 tsp red chilli flakes or more to taste
• 1 pinch sea salt and black pepper
• 0.5 red onion peeled and diced
• Rocket and parsley for serving
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 140 g raw king prawns
• 200 g tomato passata
• 3 tomatoes chopped
• 2 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 red pepper diced
• 50 g chorizo diced
• 140 g spaghetti
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 0.5 lemon 

 

Instructions:

1. Add the spaghetti to a pan of boiling water and simmer for 12 minutes, until al dente.
2. Chop the vegetables.
3. Heat the oil in a frying pan and cook the onions and red pepper for 5 minutes.
4. Add the garlic and chorizo and gently cook for 2 minutes.
5. Add the prawns and cook for 2 minutes.
6. Add the passata, tomato puree, lemon juice and zest and salt and pepper, stir and gently cook for 2 minutes.
7. Add the chopped tomatoes and cook for 2 more minutes.
8. Drain the pasta (reserving a tiny bit of the wateand stir in to the tomato sauce (with the reserved pasta water).
9. Mix well.
10. Divide in to bowls and top with rocket, parsley and some extra black pepper and chilli flakes. Enjoy your dinner!