Rose Harissa Spiced Prawn Linguine

Posted 2016-12-21 by Oxford Explorer ⇒ follow

Harissa is commonly used in Middle Eastern booking and is a spice paste with chilli, garlic and paprika. I came across a rose harissa paste which includes rose petals and had to try it out.

While this is not a middle eastern style dish at all, the flavours are perfect.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 2

Ingredients
1 medium onion
75g diced cooking chorizo
2 crushed garlic cloves
Olive oil
225g large prawns
400g linguine
Handful of frozen petit pois (peas)
2-3 tsp rose harissa paste but regular harissa is fine too.
5-6 semi dried tomatoes in oil or sundried tomatoes if you struggle to find these.

Method

Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions and set aside.

Meanwhile, get a pan nice and hot and then fry the chorizo, diced onion and garlic in a liberal amount of olive oil. The oil itself becomes flavoured and is part of the dish.