CREAMY PRAWN AND MUSHROOM PASTA

Hey... Lets deviate from the Indian Course and try something different today..! Lets make a quick Pasta dish which is wholesome as well as sumptuous..!

Creamy Prawn & Mushroom Pasta

A delicious creamy pasta dish that is not only easy to make, but is also very versatile. Besides Prawn and Mushroom, other options are Chicken and Sun-dried Tomatoes, or Bacon and Broccoli creamy pasta dishes to name a few...BUT THOSE RECIPES WILL FOLLOW..! ;-)

• Overall Recipe Difficulty: Easy
• Preparation Time: 10 minutes
• Cooking Time: 15 minutes
• Serves: 4

Ingredients:

• Butter - 3 tbsp
• Garlic, finely chopped - 2 cloves
• Onion - 1, diced
• Button mushrooms - 500 gms., sliced
• Sun-dried tomatoes - 100 gms., chopped
• White wine - 1/2 cup
• Chicken stock - 1 cup
• Cream - 300 ml
• Green Onions - 3, sliced
• Raw Tiger Prawns - 500 gms. deveined and peeled
• Fettuccine - 500 gms.
• Fresh Parsley - 1/4 cup, chopped
• Salt and pepper, to season
• Parmesan cheese

Method:

Pasta

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and olive oil. Cook until tender.
2. Reserve about half a cup of the pasta water to later thin the sauce. Drain and keep warm.

Pasta Sauce

1. Meanwhile, melt 2 tbsp butter on medium heat in fry pan. Sauté mushrooms and onion for about 5 - 7 minutes, until softened and light golden. Add 1 clove chopped garlic and sun-dried tomatoes, fry for another minute.
2. Add wine and bring to the boil for 1 minute. Then add chicken stock, stir and reduce heat to simmer for a few minutes.
3. Stir in cream, bring to the boil stirring to reduce the sauce slightly.Reduce heat to lowest.
4. Prepare the garlic prawns.
5. Garlic Prawns
   1. Heat 1 tbsp butter in skillet over medium-high heat.
   2. Add prawns and cook for a couple of minutes, until prawns have just changed colour. Add 1 clove chopped garlic and cook for a further minute so doesn't burn. Turn prawns once during cooking.
6. Pour fettuccine into pasta sauce and toss through to coat each strand of Pasta. Add a little of the Pasta water to thin out the sauce if necessary.
7. Add green onions and fresh parsley to the sauce and lightly toss. Turn off  the heat. Plate out and top with Prawns and grated Parmesan. Season with salt and pepper.

Notes

• Variations
• * Kid friendly options:
• - Instead of prawns use chicken thigh or breast.
• - The basic creamy sauce is versatile, so any seasonal vegetables can be used for a vegetarian option.