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Prawns and Chickpeas Fettuccine

Prawns and Chickpeas Fettuccine

Francesco Acquaviva
4.91 from 85 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
 
 

Pasta dough:

  • 300 g semola flour
  • 100 g "00" flour
  • 130 g yolk

Chickpeas cream:

  • 300 g chickpeas dry
  • 500 g vegetable stock
  • 40 g white onion
  • 20 g olive oil evo
  • 5 g rosemary
  • 5 g thyme
  • salt

Prawns bisque:

  • 300 g prawns heads
  • 50 g white onion
  • 50 g carrot
  • 50 g celery
  • 20 g fennel
  • 20 g cherry tomatoes
  • 50 g white wine
  • 1,5 l water
  • 200 g ice
  • 20 g olive oil evo
  • salt

Pasta sauce:

  • 250 g prawns
  • 500 g bisque
  • 30 g white wine
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 30 g olive oil evo
  • salt
  • chili

Instructions
 

How to Make the Pasta Dough:

  • Mix all the ingredients togheter until is create a dough nice, smoth and uniform with a beatifull yellow color.
  • Cover the dough with cling film and leave to rest for 15 min. With the help of a pasta machine or rolling pin roll the dough to create a thin layer of pasta of 3mm (1/8 inch) and after cut with a knife to create the fettuccini.

How to Make the Chickpeas Cream:

  • Place the chickpeas in a plastic container with 3 liters (12 ½ cups) of cold water and leave over night to moisturize.
  • Chop the onion and gently cook in a pot with the oil, add the chickpeas and the stock and leave to cook slowly for 45 min. Remove from the heat, place the thyme and rosemary in infusion for 5 min.
  • Remove the aromas and blend to create a smooth cream, adjust on salt and strain h a chinoix to make sure is perfect smoth.”

How to Make the Prawns Bisque:

  • Chop the onion, carrot, celery and fennel in a fine julienne.
  • In a pot place the oil and all this vegetable cut it and cook gently for 5-6 min.
  • Add the prawns heads and toast for 3 min, add the wine [also possible to avoid], add the cherry tomato cut in half, the ice and the water.
  • Cook for 45 min with slow heat. Strain to remove everithink and save only the liquid, adjust on salt.”

How to Make the Pasta Sauce:

  • In a pan place the oil and the garlic and warmit up, add the prwans chop and cook for 30 second, remove the garlic and add the white wine.
  • Add the bisque and let reduce a bit, adjust with salt and chily.

Preparation of the Dish:

  • Cook the fettuccini in boiling water with salt for 2 min.
  • Strain it inside the pan with the sauce and cook it for other 2-3 min, adjust on salt and chili, finish with a good spoon of olive oil evo and a touch of parsley fine chop.

Final Plating:

  • Warm up the chickpeas cream and place in the botton of the plate.
  • Place on top of the cream the fettuccini with a elegant nest shape, place on top the prwans and seve.

Notes

Prawns and Chickpeas Fettuccine
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