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This Creamy Prawn Pasta with lemon and capers is one of my favourite 15-minute dinners. Juicy prawns in a creamy white wine, Grana Padano and lemon sauce with pops of green peas and gluten free tagliatelle. The perfect quick dinner when you’re in a hurry!
This Prawn Pasta Is A 15-Minute Wonder!
- Why choose this recipe? With zingy summer flavours, fat juicy prawns and gluten free tagliatelle, this easy Prawn Pasta recipe is a speedy meal you can easily make on repeat!
- Top Tip: I added peas and rocket (arugula) for a pop of colour but you can add any veg of choice – try cherry tomatoes, spinach or asparagus spears.
- Pasta of Choice: I usually use supermarket own brand gluten free tagliatelle, spaghetti or linguine, found in the free from aisles. However it would also work with different shapes like penne or fusilli too.
- Love Prawns? If you want more easy prawn recipes, try my King Prawn Stir Fry Noodles, Prawn Kebabs and my Prawn Poke Bowls too!
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Ingredients and Substitutions
There’s a printable recipe card below for this 15-minute Prawn Pasta recipe with the full quantities. But here are the main ingredients and ideas for any swaps.
- Gluten Free Tagliatelle: Find this in the free from aisle, or use any gluten free pasta of choice (or non-gluten-free, if you don’t need it but like the look of this recipe!)
- King Prawns: I like to cook these from raw to absorb the flavours but you can just add cooked king prawns in if you prefer.
- Garlic
- Grana Padano cheese: Or any hard Italian cheese, like parmesan.
- White Wine: You can swap this for the same quantity of the pasta cooking water if you don’t want to include alcohol but it really makes this dish for me.
- Frozen Peas: Or veg of choice, such as chopped asparagus or tenderstem broccoli.
- Capers: Omit these if you don’t like them, or chop them finely for the flavour.
- Lemon: I use lemon zest for a subtle, zingy flavour.
- Double Cream: Heavy cream in the US. You could use a low fat cream cheese or creme fraiche for a lighter recipe.
- Rocket: Or arugula in the US. Swap for spinach if you’re not a fan!
How to Make Creamy Prawn Pasta
There’s a printable recipe card below with the method. But here are some step-by-step photos to show you how easy this gluten free lemon and prawn pasta recipe is to make.
This dish is better cooked fresh. Leftovers can be stored in the fridge but you may find the sauce has been absorbed by the pasta when reheating. So I’d just make what you need.
More Quick Pasta Recipes
If you like this easy Prawn Pasta recipe then make sure you check out these other gluten free pasta recipes too…
- Creamy Salmon Pasta
- Green Pasta Sauce
- Gnocchi Cacio e Pepe
- Chicken and Bacon Pasta Salad
- Cheeseburger Pasta
- Creamy Garlic Pasta
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Creamy Prawn Pasta Recipe
Ingredients
- 250 g gluten free tagliatelle, (spaghetti or linguine work too)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 200 g raw king prawns
- 2 tsp chopped garlic
- 50 g Grana Padano cheese, (grated)
- 75 ml white wine
- 75 g frozen peas
- 35 g capers
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 75 ml double cream
- Rocket, (arugula)
Instructions
- Bring a pan of heavily salted water to the boil and cook the pasta as per the pack instructions – usually 8-10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, add the olive oil to a large pan and place on a medium heat. Add the prawns and garlic and cook for 3-4 mins (until completely pink if using raw prawns).
- Add the Grana Padano cheese, white wine, peas, capers and lemon zest and cook for another 3-4 minutes until the liquid starts to reduce.
- Turn the heat down low, add the cream, mix well and then remove from the heat. Drain the cooked pasta and stir through – serve with a wedge of lemon and lots of rocket.
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Notes
- Storing: Leftovers can be kept in the fridge but this dish is definitely better when eaten fresh. But you can easily size the recipe up or down to account for how many portions you need!
- Step-by-Step Photos: Check out the blog post above for step-by-step photos of this method if you find it easier to follow a visual guide.
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Lovely and so easy to make.
Really tasty dish. Very quick and simple to make. Delicious 😋