Name: Spicy prawn pasta
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Main
Ingredients: 400 g prawns; 1 chorizo sausage; pancetta a handful; 1 tin Italian tomatoes; 1 tbsp tomato paste; 1/2 tbsp cayenne pepper; 1 tbsp paprika; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 500 ml vegetable stock or chicken stock; 1 handful calamata olives; 1 red onion; 1 tbsp garlic cloves crushed; 1 red pepper sliced; 1 green pepper sliced; 1 yellow pepper sliced; 1 tbsp butter; 1 tsp honey; linguine 1/2 a packet; fresh parsley chopped, to garnish; parmesan grated, to garnish

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Ingredients (20)

400 g	prawns
1	chorizo sausage
	pancetta — a handful
1 tin	Italian tomatoes
1 tbsp	tomato paste
1/2 tbsp	cayenne pepper
1 tbsp	paprika
	salt and freshly ground black pepper
500 ml	vegetable stock — or chicken stock
1 handful	calamata olives
1	red onion
1 tbsp	garlic cloves — crushed
1	red pepper — sliced
1	green pepper — sliced
1	yellow pepper — sliced
1 tbsp	butter
1 tsp	honey
	linguine — 1/2 a packet
	fresh parsley — chopped, to garnish
	parmesan — grated, to garnish

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Method:

Fry veggies separately (green, red and yellow pepper) and put aside.

Season the clean prawns with salt and pepper then fry in garlic and butter. Once done, set aside.

Using the same pan, fry the pancetta and chorizo.

To make the sauce, fry the red onion and crushed garlic until soft. Add the Italian tomatoes, cayenne pepper, paprika and vegetable stock or chicken stock, then let simmer. Add a little bit of honey if the sauce is a little sour.

Cook the pasta according to package instructions.

Add the Calamata olives to the sauce. Once it’s done, add everything and mix together. Let it sit on low heat so that all the flavours can blend in together.

Serve warm with grated parmesan and some chopped parsley.

Reprinted with permission from Mpho Sephiri. For more recipes, follow on Instagram.