Name: Spicy prawn, pea and chorizo with pasta
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 500 gram penne; 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil; 400 gram chorizo sausages, skins discarded, sliced; 1 red onion, chopped; 1 hot red chilli, seeded, chopped; 2 clove garlic, finely chopped; 150 gram shelled peas; 400 gram green prawns, shelled, deveined; 1 punnet cherry tomatoes, halved; 1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley

Spicy prawn, pea and chorizo with pasta

Perfectly cooked fresh prawns are tossed with Italian chorizo, tomatoes, fresh peas and chilli to create this wonderfully spicy and flavoursome pasta dish.

Serves 6

Prep

20M

Cook

15M

Total

35M

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Ingredients

500 gram penne

2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

400 gram chorizo sausages, skins discarded, sliced

1 red onion, chopped

1 hot red chilli, seeded, chopped

2 clove garlic, finely chopped

150 gram shelled peas

400 gram green prawns, shelled, deveined

1 punnet cherry tomatoes, halved

1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley

Method

1.Cook pasta in salted, boiling water 10 minutes, until almost tender.

2.Meanwhile, heat oil in a large frying pan on medium. Saute chorizo, onion and chilli 5 minutes, until onion is tender. Stir in garlic and cook for another minute.

3.Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup cooking water. Add pasta to chorizo mixture. Stir in reserved cooking water and peas. Simmer 5 minutes.

4.Stir in prawns and tomatoes. Cook 3 minutes, until prawns are pink. Stir in parsley and season to taste. Serve.

If watercress is not available, use rocket.
Note

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