Spaghettoni with prawns and pistachios, the recipe.
Some time ago I was in Palermo in Sicily and I tasted this dish that amazed me for its taste.
At home I tried to repeat it and the result (which I can certainly work on) was not bad at all.
I'll explain how I did it!
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Ingredients
– spaghetti number 5 (or larger);
– about ten cleaned prawns (preferably fresh);
– a handful of pistachios (shelled but those with the shell are also fine, but you need to spend a bit of time shelling them);
– garlic;
– olive oil;
– a lemon (we will only use it to grate a little zest);
– white wine.
Preparation
Let's put a pot of salted water on to boil (where we will boil the pasta) and while the water is boiling, let's prepare the dressing.
We heat some water in a saucepan and throw in the pistachios to blanch, just for a minute. Once this is done, we remove them from the water and place them on a cloth. We close the cloth with the pistachios inside and by pressing we drag the seeds against each other and against the cloth; in this way the skin that wraps the pistachios comes off (or should) very easily (it doesn't matter if some skin remains.
Once peeled, with a knife, we cut them into large pieces.
In a pan we put the olive oil and the garlic to fry; when the oil is hot we add the prawns and, when they become white, we blend with the wine and add half of the pistachios that we have prepared; we let the alcohol evaporate for less than a minute and turn off.
Meanwhile, if the water is boiling, throw in the pasta.
Once the pasta is almost al dente, pour it into the pan to finish cooking and release a little starch (which makes the cream) and the dish is almost ready.
Pour into a plate, add the remaining pistachios and grate the lemon (to taste)!
And this is the result:
Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Canon EF-M 22.