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Pasta salad with pesto & prawns
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Pasta salad with pesto & prawns

9 ingredients Serves 4 openrecipes
Pasta salad with pesto & prawns

This is a wonderful, zingy dish, perfect for a lunch out in the garden - use our recipe for homemade pesto to make it extra special

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

541
Calories
39g
Protein
21g
Fat
52g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pasta 1 cup cooked (140g) 220
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 400g dried short pasta , such as rigatoni or penne
  • about 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 200g peeled cooked prawns
  • 5 tbsp (100g/4oz) green pesto
  • 3 tbsp mayonnaise
  • juice of ½ lemon or lime
  • 3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley , preferably flatleaf
  • a few basil leaves , shredded with your fingers, plus extra for sprinkling
  • lemon wedges, for squeezing

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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