Tagliatelle Prawns in Tomato and Pepper Sauce

This simple, tasty tagliatelle prawns in tomato and pepper sauce is made using pre-cooked frozen or chilled prawns then blitzing tomatoes and peppers to make a tangy sweet tomato sauce. 

When combined with tagliatelle you have a really tasty, quick healthy meal of tagliatelle prawns in tomato and pepper sauce for 4. All in under one hour!

I came up with the idea of this tagliatelle prawns in tomato and pepper sauce when I was wondering what to do with an abundance of tomatoes and peppers I had left over from various other dishes I’d been making.

Stir fry?

Nah that would seem the obvious choice. Salad? Eh, no, whilst I love salads, it’s colder here now and I want something warming and comforting.

Hmmm, some kind of sauce? OK yeah but not just a basic tomato sauce, maybe a bit sweeter than usual….hmmm, sauté everything and chuck it in a food processor, add some cumin…oh yes, that’s it!

I used dried tagliatelle for this tagliatelle prawns in tomato and pepper sauce recipe, as I didn’t have time to make my own pasta.

Usually I would as in my tagliatelle with home-made pesto. So if you’ve the time to make your own, you could use my method there.

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Lynne and I had a fantastic day out in The Lomonds on Saturday, despite me being sceptical about the weather as I mentioned previously.

We DID actually manage to see off the top of both East Lomond and West Lomond and had some fantastic views over the Fife countryside!!

So, instead of a recipe on Thursday, I’ll be bring you the best of those photographs in another of our active lifestyle posts! 🙂

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Tagliatelle Prawns in Tomato and Pepper Sauce

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

25 mins

Total Time

40 mins

 

This simple, tasty tagliatelle prawns in tomato and pepper sauce is made using pre-cooked frozen / chilled prawns then blitzing tomatoes and peppers to make a tangy sweet tomato sauce.

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: 4

Calories: 418 kcal

Author: neil@neilshealthymeals.com

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 medium sized onion diced
• 6 cloves garlic chopped finely
• ½ tsp ground coriander
• 1 red pepper chopped
• 1 green pepper chopped
• 1 de-seeded chopped red chilli
• 4 ripe tomatoes chopped
• 1 tbsp fresh basil leaves chopped
• 4 tbsp tomato paste
• 180 g pre-cooked chilled / frozen prawns
• 4 nests of dried tagliatelle about 75g per person
• Salt and pepper to season
• Freshly chopped parsley / coriander and grated parmesan cheese to garnish

Instructions

1. In a medium sized saucepan heat the olive oil, then add the diced onion and chopped garlic and sauté until soft. About 2 – 3 minutes.
2. Add the ground coriander, chopped peppers and red chilli and stir everything together well and sauté for about a further 2 – 3 minutes.
3. Add the chopped tomatoes and the basil leaves and cook all the vegetables until completely soft which will take about 5 minutes.
4. Blitz all of the vegetables in a blender / food processor then return to the pan, add the tomato paste and season to taste with the salt and pepper.
5. Add the prawns to the sauce mixture and re-heat until the prawns are cooked through. The length of time here will depend of whether you used chilled cooked prawns or frozen prawns.
6. Cook the tagliatelle according to the cooking instructions.
7. Serve the prawns on a bed of tagliatelle garnished with the chopped herbs and dusted with the parmesan cheese.

Recipe Notes

See my tagliatelle with home-made pesto recipe if you would like to make your own tagliatelle.

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