Courgette and prawn pasta
A light and delicious pasta dish, perfect for using that glut of courgettes. Use only green courgettes if you cannot find the yellow variety.
Ingredients
Serves: 5
- 250g dried penne pasta
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 yellow courgettes, thinly sliced
- 2 courgettes, thinly sliced
- 450g medium prawns - peeled and deveined
- 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 8 tablespoons minced fresh chives or spring onions
- 4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:15min ›
Ready in:35min
- Bring a large pan of lightly salted water to boil. Add pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain, and pour into a large bowl.
- Meanwhile, warm oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Stir in yellow and green courgette, and cook 10 minutes. Stir in prawns, and cook 3 minutes. Stir in lemon juice, basil, oregano, salt, pepper and garlic. Cook 2 minutes more.
- Pour prawns and sauce into large bowl with pasta. Sprinkle with chives and Parmesan, and stir to combine.
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Followed with suggestions made by emerald - added onions, skipped the green onions, used fresh garlic. I used already cooked shrimp that I thawed and removed the tails, I just added long enough for the shrimp to get warmed before I added the fresh parm. We loved this recipe. It smelled awesome, looked tasty and TASTED TERRIFIC!!! Definitely recommend this recipe to anyone who loves seafood and pasta! - 03 Nov 2005 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
Pretty good- a little bland. I added more garlic, fresh basil, and more salt. - 04 Jan 2011 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
Made this for an "Under the Sea" potluck at work today. Followed the recipe exactly, except that I just eyeballed the ingredients. Rave reviews, and have given out the recipe several times. - 30 Mar 2007 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)