Prawn and bacon pasta sauce

Name: Prawn and bacon pasta sauce
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 170 g smoked pancetta; 1 onion (finely chopped); 3-4 cloves garlic (v.finely chopped); 2 green chillies (deseeded and v. finely chopped); 1/4 tsp dried mixed herbs; 175 ml white wine; 150 ml boiling water + 1/2 vegetable stock cube; 300 ml creme fraiche (light); 300 g king prawns (raw preferably)

ChefGoulding@EdmundsWSC @cook_23781120

West Suffolk College

A few of our favourite ingredients thrown together to make this very tasty sauce.

ChefGoulding@EdmundsWSC @cook_23781120

West Suffolk College

A few of our favourite ingredients thrown together to make this very tasty sauce.

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Ingredients

30mins

4 people

170 gsmoked pancetta
1onion (finely chopped)
3-4 clovesgarlic (v.finely chopped)
2green chillies (deseeded and v. finely chopped)
1/4 tspdried mixed herbs
175 mlwhite wine
150 mlboiling water + 1/2 vegetable stock cube
300 mlcreme fraiche (light)
300 gking prawns (raw preferably)

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Steps

30mins

1

Heat a large frying pan with 1-2tbsp olive oil. Cook diced pancetta through until fat is rendered down and pieces are cooked through a crisp. Remove from the pan and set aside.
2

Using the pan with the bacon fat and olive oil remaining. Gently cook through finely diced onion for 2-3minutes until fully softened. Add the finely chop garlic and chilli, continue to gentle cook for another 2-3 minutes to soften and infuse flavour.
3

Add white wine and dried herbs turn up the heat and fully reduce to 1/4 of the original volume.
4

Stir in veg stock, and creme fraiche, gently heat. Stir in prawns and cooked pancetta and cook out. Season to taste with salt and pepper. You could even add some tomato purée and/or smoked paprika.
5

Stir in some cooked pasta (gf if you like) of your choice. Top with some finely grated Parmesan cheese, cracked black pepper and dried chilli flakes.