Creamy Prawn Zucchini Pasta
Ingredients
A spiralizer and 3 zucchinis
½ – ¾ kg of Australian prawns (raw)
Basil pesto
¾ cup of cream
Salt and pepper to taste
Butter for frying prawns and zucchini (2 tbls for each)
2 tbls butter for cream sauce
1 cup grated tasty or mozzarella cheese
4 tbs olive oil
Method
Ensure that prawns are patted dry before cooking
Heat oil and fry prawns until cooked (don’t over-cook them)
In a small saucepan melt the butter, add the cream and stir until well combined, add grated cheese stir for around 2 min until it begins to thicken.
Add the cream to the cooked prawns
Add about 1-2 tbs pesto to the prawns and stir to combine (this will depend on how strong you want the flavour, try 1 tbsp., taste it and add more if need be)
Add salt and pepper to taste
Zucchini pasta
Using the spiralizer, make the 3 – 4 zucchini into spirals
Heat about 2 tablespoons of butter in a fry pan
Put the zucchini in and coat with butter
Add salt and pepper to taste
Cook for a couple of minutes
Serve zucchini pasta topped with the creamy prawn sauce