Spaghetti with Prawns in Creamy Tomato Sauce

Quick and easy pasta dishes are a mum's life saver for days when you need to whip up an almost instant one-dish meal with minimal ingredients. Gordan Ramsey's Spaghetti with Prawns in Creamy Tomato Sauce certainly fits the bill for such a dish. 

Prawns and softened cherry tomatoes are mixed with pasta in a creamy sauce infused with aromatic basil. There is a slight hint of spiciness from the chilli but not enough to really make it too spicy for the kids to enjoy. 

I prefer more sauce, so I doubled the amount of cream added. In fact I don't think the 100ml of cream recommended in the recipe is enough to coat the 500g of pasta. This is a must-try fuss free dinner. 

Spaghetti with Prawns in Creamy Tomato Sauce (4 servings)

A Gordan Ramsey Recipe

Ingredients

• 500 g cooked Prawns
• 600 g Cherry Tomatoes
• 3 spring onions finely sliced or shredded
• 1 Chilli deseeded and chopped
• 1 Clove Garlic chopped
• Sea Salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 500 g dried Spaghetti
• 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
• 100 ml Double cream (I used 200ml of cooking cream)
• basil leaf chopped

Method

• Put the cherry tomatoes, spring onion, chilli, garlic and olive oil in a heavy-based pan and cook over a medium heat until soft but not coloured. Season with pepper and cook until soft.
• Add the spaghetti to a large pan of boiling salted water with the olive oil and cook until al dente.
• Meanwhile add the prawns to the sauce and stir in the cream and chopped basil. Warm through gently for a couple of minutes.
• Drain the pasta and toss with the pasta sauce. Divide between warm plates, Serve immediately.

This is for Cook Like A Star hosted by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids, Baby Sumo of Eat Your Heart Out and Mich of Piece of Cake.