Last Updated on 15 April 2023 by cooksimply
There have been many occasions when I have been in Italy at an unassuming trattoria or restaurant by the sea, and you get served a pasta dish that literally blows your mind. With the sun on your back and glass of cold white wine, these are the wonderful memories that I try and recreate back home – even when it’s cold and miserable outside.
This is why I adore this prawn and feta pasta dish because it’s summer on a plate. Some of the best tasting food is often the simplest, but buy good quality ingredients and you will elevate it to another level.
If you’re looking for a recipe for prawn pasta that doesn’t have chilli or tomato then this pasta dish is for you. Sometimes, I just want to eat something really hearty and bursting with flavour, so this prawn and garlic pasta dish is just that while being really easy. So simple, that even novice cooks can make this.
Quick and simple prawn and feta pasta
You’re probably wondering if prawn and feta cheese might be a strange combination, but believe me, infused with the fresh flavour of the lemon alongside the unmistakable taste of garlic, it really is a marriage made in heaven!
And the best thing? There are only six ingredients that you need to make it. So whether you want to whip up a quick midweek dinner, or you want to make this to impress dinner guests, everyone will be patting you on the back for this really tasty dish of prawn and lemon pasta.
Prawn and feta pasta with lemon and garlic
Ingredients
- 350 g pasta shapes I like to use gigli or fusilli
- 500 g raw king prawns
- 3 cloves of garlic finely chopped
- 1 lemon grated zest and juice of 1/2
- 150 g feta cheese crumbled
- Small handful of parsley chopped
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Firstly cook the pasta in salted boiling water.
- While the pasta is cooking, heat the olive oil in a frying pan and pan-fry the prawns for a few minutes, then add the garlic. Cook for another minute but be careful not to let the garlic burn.
- Squeeze in the lemon juice, add the zest and a good pinch of pepper.
- Drain the pasta once cooked, and return it to the frying pan and mix the pasta with all the other ingredients coating it well. Crumble the feta and add the parsley and give it all a good stir.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
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