Monday, June 20, 2011

when you dont know what to make for lunch

the other day i had no idea what to do for lunch. i looked in the cupboard and the usual cans and tubs and packets are all there waiting for some inspiration from the mistress of the house: a bag of penne pasta, a half cup of apple juice, some prawns in the fridge, leftover cherry tomatoes, some tomato sauce...etc., etc., etc. in the spirit of impromptu lunches, i came up with this:

Prawns and Poms Pasta
(in the background you can actually see some lovely garlic bread to go with this pasta and a bowl of refreshing watermelon cubes. perfect for a hot summer's day! also you can see some stuff that i got from the sale. more on that soon!)INGREDIENTS:about 14 to 16 medium prawns, peeled and cooked
about 2 cups pasta (any kind will do really)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 can chopped tomatoes or tomato sauce (depends on what you like, i added some cherry tomatoes on this one)
1/2 cup dry white wine or apple juice (i used our favorite Poms apple juice)
about half a cup of creme fraiche or single cream or double cream
fresh dill, to garnish (again, depends on what you have on hand, i used chopped flatleaf parsley)

PROCEDURE:(1) cook pasta according to directions. set aside.
(2) cook onions in oil until soft. add tomatoes or tomato sauce and cook for 1 minute.
(3) pour in wine or apple juice and simmer for 5 minutes.
(4) stir in creme fraiche or cream and simmer for about 2 to 3 minutes until well mixed.
(5) add prawns and cook for 1 minute or until heated through. (at this point i added my parsley for a few seconds)
(6) serve on a bed of pasta.

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