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from “Mary Berry cooks”

Difficulty: Easy

Serves: 2

Prep time: 0 minute

Cooking time: 15 min

Ingredients

  • 8x fettuccine balls (approx. 160g)
  • 180g of uncooked peeled king prawns
  • 140g fresh Green Pesto mixture
  • 100ml of pouring double cream
  • Parmesan cheese for grating
  • Some fresh basil leaves

Special Equipment

  • Medium frying pan
  • Large pan

Preparation

  • None required

Cooking

  • Step 1 – Shrimps
  • Put a bit of oil in a frying pan on medium heat
  • Gently fry the shrimps until they turn from grey to pink, starting on one side and then flipping them over on the other side
  • Step 2 – Fettuccine
  • Cook the pasta in a pan with boiling salted water for the time indicated on the packet (approx. 4-5 minutes)
  • When draining the pasta, keep 100ml of the cooking water
  • Step 3 – Combine
  • Put the pesto mixture and the cream together into the pasta pan and bring to the boil
  • Add the pasta, most of the chopped basil leaves and the saved pasta water
  • Toss together and season

Presentation

  • Use heated plates
  • Serve the fettuccine with grated Parmesan cheese
  • Garnish with the remaining basil leaves

Very easy and a welcomed change from the traditional bolognese

Savour it with a nice bottle of Chianti from Italy

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