Creamy Prawn & Olive Pasta

Name: Creamy Prawn & Olive Pasta
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 200 grams pasta (any kind); 250 grams prawns (shelled & deveined); 1 onion, chopped; 5 clove garlic, finely chopped; 4 large tomatoes; 12 black olives; 1/2 cup cream; 2 tbsp sundried tomatoes; 5 tbsp tomato paste; 1 tbsp dried oregano; 1 tsp dried chilli flakes; 2 tsp sugar; 3 tbsp olive oil; salt; 1 cup water (drained from pasta); 1 bunch coriander; 1 tbsp piri piri chillies (optional)

Cleona.Mark @cook_2777517

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Creamy Prawn & Olive Pasta

Cleona.Mark @cook_2777517

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Ingredients

30 mins

2 servings

200 gramspasta (any kind)
250 gramsprawns (shelled & deveined)
1onion, chopped
5 clovegarlic, finely chopped
4 largetomatoes
12black olives
1/2 cupcream
2 tbspsundried tomatoes
5 tbsptomato paste
1 tbspdried oregano
1 tspdried chilli flakes
2 tspsugar
3 tbspolive oil
salt
1 cupwater (drained from pasta)
1 bunchcoriander
1 tbsppiri piri chillies (optional)

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Steps

30 mins

1

Boil pasta in salted water with one tablespoon olive oil till al dente.
2

Cut three tomatoes and the stalks of the coriander and blend till smooth. Chop last tomato into large chunks.
3

Drain pasta in colander once cooked, reserving one cup.
4

Place the pan back on the fire and heat remaining olive oil.
5

Add chopped onions, garlic and sauté for five minutes till soft.
6

Add prawns, blended tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, oregano, chilli flakes, salt and water and cook on medium heat till sauce thickens.
7

Add cream and stir.
8

Add remaining ingredients, mix and toss in pasta till evenly coated.
9

Top with chopped coriander and piri piri chillies.
10

Serve immediately.