Slutty Spaghetti

Slutty Spaghetti. It's quite the name for a pasta dish, but this is quite some pasta. Garlicky, oniony, spicy, rich and luxurious, but she’s also quick and easy. 

If you are looking to throw something together in the time it takes pasta to boil, without it tasting like it’s been thrown together, look no further. This dish is cheap, takes two pans, minimal prep, minimal effort and yet is insanely high reward. She really is that girl. 

What you’ll need:

• Spaghetti

• Sea Salt 

• Black or white pepper

• cherry or vine tomato

• King Prawn 

• Garlic

• Onion 

• Chilli (chilli flakes or fresh, whatever you’ve got lying around)

• Olive oil

1. First things first, get that pasta water on to boil. Make sure you salt it until it tastes like seawater.

   
   

2. Grab your onion and garlic, roughly chop them and throw them into a hot pan with olive oil, making sure to take care not to burn them. You want them cooked down until the onion is translucent and soft. Add in your prawns and toss until they turn a beautiful pink colour. Remember, grey means they’re not cooked, pink means they’re cooked. This is when you’ll want to add your tomatoes, sliced in half.

   
   

3. Let the ingredients melt together in the pan whilst your pasta cooks. I recommend cooking the pasta al dente for this dish, so remove it about 1 to 2 minutes before the packaging suggests. My favourite thing to do at this stage is crush the tomato halves with a wooden spoon, releasing all of those rich juices.

   
   

4. Drain your pasta, making sure to reserve at least a cup of pasta water. This pasta water will be rich in starches and beautifully salty, very important for our sauce.

   
   

5. Into your garlic, onion, tomato and prawn mixture, add black or white pepper and your chilli. Then pour in a little of that reserved pasta water, making sure the sauce doesn’t become too thin but is still loose enough. Ideally, you want to start with about half a cup.

   
   

6. Add your spaghetti and turn the heat to medium-low, making sure you toss the pasta through the sauce. As the pasta and sauce marry together, you’ll notice the sauce thickens quickly. It should perfectly coat the pasta without becoming too thick.

   
   

7. Remove your pasta from the pan and plate it up. At this point, you can add salt to taste. However, be mindful, as the pasta water we added earlier will already have contributed a lot of salty goodness.#

   
   

8. Enjoy.