Prawns with Handkerchief Pasta
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt and ground pepper to taste
- 12 jumbo raw head-on shrimp (if unavailable, use 15 jumbo shrimp with heads removed), shelled and deveined
- 1 cup sweet white wine, such as Riesling
- 2 tablespoons ground coriander seed
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
- 1 large onion, peeled and chopped fine
- One 14-ounce can plum tomatoes
- Juice of 1/2 large lime
- 11 sheets lasagna, each sheet broken by hand into 3 squares
- 10 ounces fresh spinach, washed
- Warm a wide, high-sided saute pan over medium-high heat with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil.
- Season both sides of shrimp with salt and pepper.
- When oil is hot, add as many shrimp to the pan as will fit and cook just until shrimp turn bright pink and opaque.
- Remove shrimp from pan immediately; do not overcook.
- Repeat with remaining shrimp.
- Remove shrimp heads and reserve both bodies and heads.
- Do not rinse pan.
- In a blender, combine shrimp heads (substitute 3 shrimp if youve used headless shrimp) with wine.
- Pass puree through a fine mesh strainer.
- Discard solids and reserve liquid.
- Over medium-high heat, warm 1 tablespoon of the oil in the same saute pan in which youve cooked the shrimp.
- Add coriander and, stirring continuously to prevent burning, saute until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add 1 tablespoon of the oil, garlic, and onions, cover, and cook until translucent and soft, about 5 minutes.
- Add reserved shrimp-flavored wine, bring to a simmer, and simmer, uncovered, for 2 minutes.
- Add tomatoes with their juices and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring sauce frequently and breaking up tomatoes with a wooden spoon.
- Stir in lime juice and remaining 2 tablespoons oil.
- Taste, and season with salt and pepper.
- Keep over lowest heat.
- Add lasagna squares to boiling water and cook until al dente, following manufacturers timing guidelines.
- Remove pot from heat, add spinach, and steep for 30 seconds.
- Drain and add to saute pan along with shrimp.
- Gently toss all ingredients together and warm through, about 2 minutes.
- Divide contents of pan among 4 plates; each serving will consist of about 8 handkerchiefs and 3 jumbo shrimp.
- You may also present everything in a large bowl and let your guests serve themselves.
olive oil, salt, headon shrimp, sweet white wine, ground coriander seed, fresh garlic, onion, tomatoes, lime, lasagna, fresh spinach
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/prawns-with-handkerchief-pasta (may not work)