Creamy Shrimp Pasta
- 35 min
- mild
- Serves 4
Creamy shrimp pasta: spaghetti and butter-cooked prawns in a garlic, cream and cheese sauce with lemon. Mild, serves 4, about 35 minutes, step-by-step video.
Good for: Party
Ingredients
WaterAs Needed
Salt2½ tsp
Spaghetti200 grams
Olive OilAs Needed
Prawns250 grams
Black Pepper Powder½ tsp
Red Chilli Powder½ tsp
Butter1 tbsp
Onion½ cup
Garlic2 tbsp
Fresh Cream½ cup
Cheese½ cup
Reserved Pasta Water1 cup
Lemon Zest1
Lemon Juice1 tbsp
Contains: milk, wheat, shellfish.
Nutrition
Per 1 person, and for all 4 people. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per 1 person | All 4 people |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 479kcal | 1916kcal |
| Protein | 24g | 96g |
| Carbohydrate | 44g | 174g |
| Fat | 23g | 93g |
| Fibre | 2.7g | 11g |
| Sugar | 3.5g | 14g |
Cookd masalas for prawns
Method
To cook the pasta, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Season with salt and add the pasta. Cook for 7-9 minutes or according to package instructions. The pasta should be soft but not mushy. Reserve 1 cup of the water for later use.
In a bowl, mix the shrimp with salt, pepper and chilli powder.
Heat oil and butter in a pan. Add the shrimp to the pan and cook for 4 minutes.
Remove the shrimp from the pan. Add in onion and garlic. Saute until the onion turns translucent. Season with salt and pepper.
Add cream and cheese. Add the reserved pasta water. Mix continuously until combined.
Add the pasta to the sauce along with the water and the cooked shrimp. Add lemon zest and lemon juice and mix well.
Before you start
- How long does Creamy Shrimp Pasta take?
- 35 minutes from start to finish. That is 10 minutes of preparation and 25 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Creamy Shrimp Pasta serve?
- 4. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Creamy Shrimp Pasta vegetarian?
- No, it contains meat or fish.
- Is Creamy Shrimp Pasta spicy?
- It is mild: 1 on our scale of 3. Chilli scales gently when you change the servings, so doubling the recipe does not double the heat.
- What do I need to make Creamy Shrimp Pasta?
- 250 grams Prawns, 200 grams Spaghetti, ½ cup Fresh Cream, 1 cup Reserved Pasta Water, ½ cup Onion, ½ cup Cheese, and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Creamy Shrimp Pasta?
- No, it is cooked in an open pot.
- How many calories are in Creamy Shrimp Pasta?
- About 479 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
Tips from other cooks
1 note- C
A Cookd cookMarch 2022
I tried it and no one in my family liked it. The reason is lemon zest. I think we didn’t like the flavor of the lemon zest.
