Receta Orecchiette with Prawns and Zucchini

by Cakelaw

Nigella Lawson has said that she likes to keep frozen prawns on hand to make a prawn dish whenever she fancied it.  Inspired by this, I grabbed a tray of prawns at the supermarket recently with this orecchiette dish in mind. The recipe comes from Taste.com. This dish is a terrific all in one, and dead easy to make.  If you'd like to try it, you will need: 400g orecchiette60ml olive oil2 crushed cloves garlic2 tablespoons capers, rinsed2 small chillies, seeded and finely chopped2 zucchini, finely diced700g medium green king prawns, deveined and cut into 3 (I just used small prawns)2 cups baby spinach1/2 cup mint leaves, tornjuice of half a lemonsalt Cook the pasta and drain, retaining 1/3 cup cooking water. In the meantime, heat the olive oil in a frying pan.  Add garlic, capers, zucchini, chillies and a half teaspoon of salt  and cook, stirring, for three minutes.  Add the prawns and cook on high until the prawns are cooked through. Add the pasta, three quarters of the mint, spinach and lemon juice to the prawn mixture and mix to combine.  Season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with the remaining mint. Serve and enjoy!