Prawn and Squid pasta

12:54 01 December 2010

Inspired by the Ashes tests being held in Australia, find out how to make the classic Adelaide dish, Prawn and Squid pasta, the Aussie way.

Ingredients

To cook along, you'll need:

• Tomatoes
• Prawns
• Fresh squid ink pasta
• Fresh parsley and chives
• Olive oil
• Garlic
• Onion
• Sea salt
• Caviar optional

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Method

1. Put your pan on the hob to heat up
2. Crush the garlic and chop your onion
3. Peel your prawns
4. Drizzle some olive oil into the pan
5. Cook down the chopped onions
6. Then add the garlic
7. Put your pasta on to boil
8. Once cooked take off the boil and leave to one side
9. Once the onions have cooked off, add your prawns
10. Remeber - try not to overcook the prawns
11. Remove the seeds from the tomato, dice then add to the pan
12. Chop the parsley and chives
13. Add some sea salt to the pan
14. Drizzle some olive oil into the pan, along with a bit of left over pasta water to create a sauce
15. Bring back up to the boil, add the cooked pasta to the pan along with the chopped herbs
16. Serve on a plate, with added caviar if you wish