Macaroni with Basil Garlic Prawns

Servings:
3-4
Preparation Time:
10
Cooking Time:
20

Ingredients

  • Del Monte Gourmet Chifferi Rigati Pasta – 300 grams
  • Del Monte Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce – 1 bottle
  • Fresh Cream – 2-3 tbsp
  • Jumbo Prawns (tail-on) – 8 -12 numbers

Herb & Spice Marinade:

  • Garlic chopped – 1 tsp
  • Fresh Basil leaves chopped – 1 tsp
  • Crushed black pepper – 1 tsp
  • Sea Salt crystals – 2 tsp
  • Del Monte Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 1 tbsp
  • Juice of lemon – 1 tbsp

Garnish

  • Fresh Basil leaves – handful
  • Toasted pine nuts – handful

Method

  1. Prepare a herb & spice marinade by crushing together chopped garlic & basil, black pepper, sea salt with olive oil & lemon juice. Marinate the shelled, deveined & cleaned prawns in it, cover & refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
  2. Cook the Del Monte Gourmet Chifferi Rigati Pasta in 3 litres of salted boiling water for 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally & drain well.
  3. Pan-fry prepared prawns briefly in a frying pan; remove from heat, cover & keep aside.
  4. Heat Tomato & Basil Sauce in a frying pan, stir-in the fresh cream.
  5. Mix cooked Chifferi in the hot sauce and portion it out in individual pasta plates.
  6. Arrange cooked prawns on the side or top & garnish it with toasted pine nuts & fresh basil leaves and serve at once.