Garlic & chipotle prawn & corn pasta

Name: Garlic & chipotle prawn & corn pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 360 g essential spaghetti; 25 g butter; 2 tsp Cooks’ Ingredients Chipotle Chilli Flakes, to taste; 3 clove/s garlic, finely chopped; 350 g frozen Essential Supersweet Sweetcorn; 300 g frozen Essential Cooked Peeled Prawns, defrosted and patted dry; 25 g pack basil, most leaves chopped, few small ones reserved; 4 tbsp Essential Italian Ricotta; 1 Essential Lemon, scrubbed, zested

Freezer essentials to the rescue this evening with a sweetly smoky pasta. The ricotta can be folded through the pasta, or dolloped on top - and easily replaced with soured cream if you have that to hand.

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HealthySource of fibre1 of your 5 a day

Serves4
CourseMain meal
Prepare5 mins
Cook15 mins
Total time20 mins
Plusdefrosting

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Ingredients

360g essential spaghetti
25g butter
2 tsp Cooks’ Ingredients Chipotle Chilli Flakes, to taste
3 clove/s garlic, finely chopped
350g frozen Essential Supersweet Sweetcorn
300g frozen Essential Cooked Peeled Prawns, defrosted and patted dry
25g pack basil, most leaves chopped, few small ones reserved
4 tbsp Essential Italian Ricotta
1 Essential Lemon, scrubbed, zested

Method

Cook the pasta in a large pan of salted boiling water according to pack instructions.
Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large frying pan, add the chilli flakes and garlic, then cook gently for a couple of minutes until the garlic is starting to colour. Tip the corn into the pan and fry on a high heat until cooked through, about 4-5 minutes. Stir in the prawns and cook for 1-2 minutes more, until piping hot throughout.
Reserve a mug of the cooking water, then drain the pasta and tip it into the frying pan, then toss with the corn and prawns, adding a little pasta water to help the pan juices coat the pasta. Stir through the chopped basil and ricotta. Divide between 4 plates, then sprinkle with the basil leaves and lemon zest to serve.

Cook’s tip

If chopping garlic is time-consuming, you can finely grate it instead. A fine microplane grater or the small-holed side of a regular box grater will do the job well.