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Recipe - Spaghetti with Prawns Zucchini & Vodka

Serves 4
Cooking time – approximately 8 minutes

Ingredients

360 gm spaghetti
250 gm fresh prawns (Not frozen!)
100 gm cherry tomatoes, cut in half
1 medium-sized zucchini (marrow), cut and shredded
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 tbls vodka
2 tbls olive oil

Salt and pepper for seasoning

Preparation

Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Then add the spaghetti and allow it to cook for five minutes to be perfectly al dente and drain.

To prepare the sauce, put the two tablespoons of olive oil into a shallow frying pan and heat. When hot, add the chopped garlic and fry without browning for about one minute. Then add the shredded zucchini, cherry tomatoes, prawns, parsley and three tablespoons of hot water. Season with salt and pepper, and then cook for three to four minutes.

Just before serving, flambé the sauce with the vodka.

Then add the spaghetti, toss with the sauce and serve.

About Chef John

Chef John (Keattisak Engchuan) was born in Krabi province on the 10th of April 1972. He has two brothers and one sister. He completed his high school education in his home town and moved to Phuket in 1990 to pursue a career in the hotel business. At first he did not have a plan to become a chef, although he enjoyed cooking and several of his first jobs were as an assistant in the kitchen where he slowly learned his cooking skills from his employers. Over the last 20 years Chef John has worked in a variety of different locations and with a variety of cuisines. His passion for using fresh ingredients and local produce has helped him to develop a style which is neither pretentious nor complicated. Working with chefs from many different schools, Chef John has learnt to keep it simple, with a focus on quality and traditional Italian recipes, rather than trying to develop new dishes which may not represent the true taste of Italy. Chef John is now the executive chef of the Italian restaurant DaVinci in Nai Harn, which is fast becoming the place to eat on the south of the island.

Career history

Phuket Merlin Hotel
(Thai Cuisine)
Thavorn Hotel (Modern Thai)
Metropole Hotel (European Cuisine and Special Events)
Trang Plaza, Assistant Chef (Modern Thai Cuisine and Events
Tammarin Tana, Assistant Chef (Chinese and Thai Cuisine)
Thavorn Beach Hotel, Head Chef (Chinese and Thai Cuisine)
Karon Beach Hotel, Head Chef (Special Events)
The Sands, Nai Harn Head Chef
DaVinci, Executive Chef

For more information contact:
Da Vinci Restaurant
28/46 Moo 1, Nai Harn, Phuket
(Opposite 711 on the road to Nai Harn Beach)
Tel: +66 (0)76 289574
Website: www.davinciphuket.com