The sweetness of the prawns and their fleshiness make them the perfect fish to make each first course special. And if in winter we prepared breathtaking risottos, now it's time to taste them in a fresh, indeed very fresh, version with pasta. Go ahead for the preparation of fast sauces, pasta salads, spaghetti seasoned with tartare and even some fried food. But before thinking about cooking, let's focus on the purchase. To prepare good tasty pasta we need to buy fresh and good quality fish. When we go to buy the prawns therefore, we check that they have a bright color and are free of spots, black and bright eyes, antennas adherent to the body and characterized by a faint odor.

How to clean them

One of the most important operations to perform when preparing a pasta with shrimp tails is cleaning. Served in a pasta dish, they must be ready to be eaten directly with a fork. So before cooking them, let's break them gently and make an incision along the back in correspondence of the dark casing. Let's remove it, wash the prawn, dry it and proceed with the recipe.

Mariniamo?

An interesting way to give a new twist to our recipes is the marinade. Just prepare it with extra virgin olive oil, white vinegar, lime, pink pepper, black and white, herbs and spices to find a good flavor on the plate. The paprika is also good to sprinkle abundantly on marinade and pasta. In this way it will be sufficient to mix the drained pasta with the prawns, perhaps adding a simple emulsion of oil, pepper and lime.

The cooking time

At the base of the success of the dish, the right cooking of the fish must be juicy and soft to give more flavor and the right consistency to the dish. If you decide to boil it, it will take from one to three minutes depending on the size of the tails, while in the pan you will have to take care not to let them dry: take care to hydrate them, even with a splash of white wine. Do not underestimate the goodness of grilled prawns: in this case, however, we advise you to cook them with the shell, removing it only when dressing pasta. In the case of a tomato sauce, it is important to cook the tomatoes first and add the tails only a couple of minutes before turning off the heat.

Fried?

Yes, they can also be put into pasta. For a surprising effect, we advise you to serve a simple garlic, oil and chilli paste with a part of raw and marinated shrimp tails as explained above and the other half passed in flour and fried in hot oil. The fried tails will be served as a garnish, to be eaten as a snack before leaving with the first forkful.

In the gallery above, 10 quick pasta with shrimp

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