Creamy lemon garlic shrimp pasta

Creamy lemon garlic shrimp pasta is so easy but such a showstopper recipe. The sauce and pasta cooks at the same time for minimum effort. Just delicious!

📝 Ingredients

• 500 g/1lb tagliatelle (or pasta of your choice)
• 3 tbsp butter
• 500 g/1lb shrimp/prawns (deveined and shelled)
• 4 garlic cloves (crushed)
• 1 cup/250ml cream
• 2-3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• handful fresh parsley (finely chopped)
• salt (to taste)
• pepper (to taste)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Cook the pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water until al dente. Drain and reserve 1 cup of cooking water.
2. 2In 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.
3. 3Remove from the pan and set aside.
4. 4Add 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.
5. 5Allow to simmer over gentle heat until the sauce coats the back of a spoon. Add the shrimp back in and adjust seasoning.
6. 6Add the pasta and a little of the cooking water and toss until the pasta is coated in the sauce.
7. 7Serve with lemon wedges and chopped parsley.