Friday 12 August 2011

asparagus rocket prawn and pea pasta



ngredients

Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
1 bunch asparagus
500g fettucine pasta
1 teaspoon cornflour
300ml Pura Lite Thick Cream
grated rind and juice of 1 lemon
500g green prawns, deveined
½ cup fresh or frozen peas
3 spring onions, finely chopped
sea salt &freshly ground black pepper, to taste
grated Parmesan, for serving, optional
fist of rocket
Method
Cut asparagus into long, thin diagonal slices, leaving the tips whole. Boil the fettucine in a large pot of salted boiling water until ‘al dente’.
Prawn, Pea and Asparagus Fettucini
Meanwhile, mix cornflour to a paste with a little cream and combine with remaining cream, grated rind and lemon juice in a large frying pan.

Add asparagus, prawns and peas and simmer for 10 minutes or until prawns have cooked and vegetables are tender.

Stir in spring onions and season to taste. Drain pasta and toss together with sauce until well combined. throw in fist of raw rocket.

Serve immediately with grated Parmesan if desired.

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