Meal Twenty Nine - Gino's Spicy Prawn Linguine with Garlic, Tomato & Herbs

Last meal of the night, I promise!

I fancied some pasta, as I've not had it for a while and after performing my usual Google search for some ingredients I had in the fridge, it came back with Gino D'Acampo's linguine dish.

This is very quick dish, but has a cracking taste to it. I'd have to say by using the right wine (Italian Pinot Grigio) this is a bloody lovely dish. Not too overpowering as it's a only a pinch of chilli - but still enough in there to say, "yeah....that's chilli!"

The wife thoroughly enjoyed this one and I had to serve her a second portion! (Steady!)

Ingredients:

2 tbsp olive oil

1/2 onion, chopped

3 garlic gloves, crushed

1 pinch of chilli flakes (or 2 ;)  )

4 tiger prawns (or king prawns if not available)

6 cherry tomatoes, halved

50ml white wine (Pinot Grigio in my case)

2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

2 tbsp chopped fresh basil

1/2 lemon, juice only

150g linguine, cooked according to packet instructions (tonight - 6 mins in boiling salted water)

Method:

1. Heat the olive oil in a pan and fry the onion and garlic for 3-4 minutes, or until softened, then add the chilli flakes and prawns. Cook until the prawns have turned pink and are just cooked through.

2. Add the tomatoes and wine and cook for 2-3 minutes, then stir in the herbs and lemon juice. Add the cooked linguine and stir well to coat.

3. Pile the linguine onto a plate and serve.