Bavette with Prawns and Spicy Tomato Sauce
A fantastic and quick to prepare dish with prawns and spinach in a tomato sauce.
Ingredients
- 3 cloves garlic thinly chopped
- 0.5 chilli (without seeds, quarter chopped and quarter left as one piece),
- 2 tbsp parsley chopped
- 2 tins tomatoes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 0.5 tsp sugar
- 100 g fresh spinach
- 400 g prawns without shells
- 400 g bavette or spaghetti
- salt and pepper
- basil
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a heavy pan over medium heat; add the garlic, chilli and parsley, fry constantly stirring for a short while till aroma is released.
- If you are using whole tomatoes, cut them into smaller pieces, then add to the pan and increase the heat, so the mixture boils.
- Decrease the heat and cook for 15 min. till the sauce thickens. In the meantime, you can check its taste – add sugar and if the sauce is too spicy, discard the piece of chilli.
- Cook the pasta as per the packet instruction.
- Add the spinach to the sauce, stir.
- Adjust the seasoning and add the prawns to the sauce. If you are using cooked prawns, just reheat them; if raw – cook them in the sauce till they change their colour to pink.
- Sprinkle with chopped basil.
Nutrition
Serving: 1portionCalories: 533kcalCarbohydrates: 77gProtein: 34gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 161mgSodium: 147mgPotassium: 666mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 2573IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 118mgIron: 3mg
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