Borsch & Soups

Prawns

Boil the pasta following pack instructions. Meanwhile, very prawns cook the garlic in the butter in a medium pan until softened. Add the prawns and cook until they just turn from grey to pink. It is important not to overcook them or they will be tough.

Remove from the heat and stir in the zest and seasoning. Drain the pasta and toss into the pan with the prawn mixture and parsley until well mixed. Divide between two bowls and serve with the lemon wedges. This website is published by Immediate Media Company Limited under licence from BBC Studios Distribution. Add the prawns and garlic and stir well.

Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and scatter the chopped parsley over. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Although the names shrimp and prawns are used interchangeably, these crustaceans are actually two different animals.

Learn how to tell them apart. An award-winning food writer and cookbook author, Molly Watson has created more than 1,000 recipes focused on local, seasonal ingredients. But it is not just where they inhabit that distinguishes one from the other. Although some aspects may not be as prominent as others, there are several parts of these crustaceans that help differentiate the two. Examining their legs will also help you decipher the two. Shrimp’s front pincers are the largest and they have claws on two pairs of the legs.