How to make pasta with asparagus and prawns at home

Linguine with asparagus and prawns with zucchini flowers. The Quick and easy recipe for a spring first course with them asparagus inspired by Sicilian cuisine. You can prepare this pasta with asparagus and prawns even without the zucchini flowers (Rome is easy to find, but outside Rome it's a little bit’ more complicated). As a good Sicilian, I have a great passion for the humble shrimp pink pot, but you can also use red shrimp, cutting them into several parts.

If you like shrimp in the first courses, try without hesitation the PASTA WITH SHRIMP, TOMATOES AND PISTACHIO, inspired by the colors and ingredients of my Sicily. Or, when the radicchio will be back in season, the PASTA WITH RADICCHIO AND SHRIMP. Is, if you love Sicily, don't miss it PASTA WITH PISTACHIO PESTO AND SHRIMP.

Pasta with asparagus and prawns: Which asparagus to use

To prepare the Linguine with asparagus and prawns I used common asparagus Of greenhouse, but of course if you found the wild asparagus you would get an even more intense taste and a bit of bitterness. In perfect contrast to the sweetness of the prawns. I ate a similar dish in a Catania village on the slopes of Mount Etna, prepared right with them wild asparagus and with the shrimps caught by the fishermen of Acitrezza and I still have the memory of that simple but delicious flavor.

How to make shrimp stock at home

Paramount, for a good success of the dish, il Shrimp Cartoon: shrimp heads are the tastiest part of this crustacean, never throw them. Is’ enough to toast them for a few minutes in extra virgin olive oil, add a few vegetables and a little water and, in 30 minutes, you'll have a concentration of taste and sea.

I leave you reminding you to take a look at all of mine RECIPES WITH ASPARAGUS to take advantage, as long as you're on time, of this seasonal vegetable so beloved. Have a good day!

LINGUINE ASPARAGUS AND PRAWNS

Portions: 4 Preparation: 20 minutes Cooking: 30 minutes 30 minutes

Nutrition facts: 250 calories 20 fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

360 grams of linguine or other long pasta

n bunch of asparagus

500 grams of pink nassa shrimp (to clean, so with head and carapace)

a small piece of carrot

a piece of onion

extra virgin olive oil

40 milliliters of dry white wine (or little brandy)

salt and pepper

some pumpkin flowers (optional)

fresh basil, if in season

Procedure

FOR THE PRAWN COMIC - Clean the prawns: remove the heads and set them aside. Remove the carapaces and remove the gut from the shrimp. Clean a carrot and a small onion, cut the vegetables into small pieces and brown them in extra virgin olive oil. Add the shrimp heads and toast them together with the vegetables, turning them on each side and crushing them with a spoon. Deglaze with white wine (or with the brandy) e, when the alcohol has evaporated, add a glass of water and cook for 30 minutes. Filter the shrimp balloon, crushing the heads well, and set aside.

 

PREPARATION OF VEGETABLES - If you have decided to use pumpkin flowers too, clean them and divide them in half. Peeling asparagus, cut the stem into chunks and set aside the tips. Sauté the asparagus stalks in extra virgin olive oil and a pinch of salt, cover and cook over low heat for 5 minutes, then turn up the heat and add the tips of the asparagus. Brown, cover and cook covered for another 5 minutes. Add the pumpkin flowers cleaned over a low heat.

COOKING - Sauté the prawns in a little extra virgin olive oil, over high heat, and for a few seconds, time they change color. Set the prawns aside. Boil the pasta in salted water, drain the pasta very al dente, so you finish cooking in the pan. Keep a little cooking water. Sauté the pasta over a high heat with asparagus, adding the crustacean comic and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.

PLATING - When a creamy emulsion has formed, add the shrimp and plenty of freshly ground black pepper. A few leaves of Basil, if seasonal, it will give additional aroma to your asparagus and prawn linguine. Serve immediately. Bon appétit!

Note

Combination: Lucid Catarratto, Sicilian lands Igt, of the farm Courteous. A white wine born in the countryside of Victoria, in the province of Ragusa, thanks to the project of two Trentino brothers, Stefano and Marina Girelli, who bought this winery in 2016 to produce their wines. Flavor, minerality, hints of jasmine flowers and herbs, are the dominant features in this wine. In this recipe, is capable of exalting the savory tastes of fish comics. We recommend serving it at 12 degrees of temperature.