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Creamy lemon garlic shrimp pasta
This Creamy Lemon Garlic Shrimp Pasta features tender shrimp cooked in a buttery garlic sauce blended with cream and fresh lemon juice. The sauce clings to tagliatelle pasta, enriched by fresh parsley and seasoned with salt and pepper. The balance of creamy richness and bright lemon makes it a satisfying seafood pasta dish that can be served with lemon wedges for added citrus.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings:
4
-6
Calories:
406 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 500 g/1lb tagliatelle or pasta of your choice
For the Creamy lemon garlic shrimp pasta sauce
- 3 tbsp butter
- 500 g/1lb Shrimp deveined and shelled, or prawns
- 4 garlic crushed, cloves
- 1 cup/250ml cream
- 2-3 tbsp lemon juice fresh
- parsley finely chopped, fresh; handful
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water until al dente. Drain and reserve 1 cup of cooking water.
- In the meantime, melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet/frying pan and cook the prawns in batches until golden brown and opaque. Season the prawns to taste.
- Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Add the remaining butter and garlic and cook for a few seconds, until the garlic is fragrant then pour in the cream, lemon juice (start with 2 tablespoons and add more if you wish), parsley and season to taste.
- Allow to simmer over gentle heat until the sauce coats the back of a spoon. Add the shrimp back in and adjust seasoning.
- Add the pasta and a little of the cooking water and toss until the pasta is coated in the sauce.
- Serve with lemon wedges and chopped parsley.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
406kcal
(20%)
Carbohydrates
63g
(21%)
Protein
25g
(50%)
Fat
6g
(9%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
210mg
(70%)
Sodium
695mg
(29%)
Potassium
75mg
(2%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin C
6mg
(7%)
Calcium
124mg
(12%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 -6
Amount Per Serving
Calories 406
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 406kcal | 20% |
| Carbohydrates | 63g | 21% |
| Protein | 25g | 50% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 210mg | 70% |
| Sodium | 695mg | 29% |
| Potassium | 75mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 6mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 124mg | 12% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.