Garlic Pasta with Prawns recipe

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Ingredients

8 ounces fusilli (spiral) pasta
6 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, sliced
8 tiger prawns, peeled and deveined
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley

Nutrition Info

896.1 calories
carbohydrate: 83.9 g
cholesterol: 88.7 mg
fat: 49.2 g
fiber: 3.9 g
protein: 32.2 g
saturatedFat: 9.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 313.2 mg
sugar: 4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente. Drain, then return to pot.

  2. Heat oil in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Saute garlic for 5 minutes. Toss in prawns, and cook for 5 minutes on each side. Remove prawns, and set aside. Remove garlic slices, and discard.

  3. Pour oil over pasta in pot, and toss to evenly coat. Sprinkle 3/4 of the Parmesan cheese onto pasta, and stir until evenly distributed. Transfer to serving dish. Arrange prawns on top, then sprinkle with remaining Parmesan and parsley.

Recipe Yield

2 servings

Recipe Note

This is a nice change from regular old pasta with tomato sauce. You can serve a large portion as a main dish, or I've even used this as my 'salad' at dinner parties. Really simple!

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