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blue spirulina and tequila prawn sacchettoni with pippies dried blood orange and lime and citrus salt

Tequila Prawn Sacchettoni

It's like peering into a rockpool (or a margarita)! Light and refreshing bundles of prawn pasta with three types of citrus.
Prep Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Resting Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 5 hours 10 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: citrus, filled pasta, Pasta, sacchettoni, seafood, seaweed, spirulina, tequila
Servings: 2
Calories: 891kcal

Ingredients

Pasta

  • 150 g 00 flour
  • 50 g semolina
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp olive oil extra virgin (we used Rio Vista Olives' Nothin' But Mild)
  • 1 tsp blue spirulina

Pasta Filling

  • 200 g school prawns shelled and deveined
  • 2 tbsp tequila
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 1/2 tsp coriander finely chopped
  • 1 small red chilli chopped
  • Salt pepper, to taste
  • 1/2 tbsp olive oil extra virgin (we used Rio Vista Olives' Nothin' But Mild)
  • 1 tbsp sour cream
  • 1 egg white

Plating

  • 1 blood orange
  • 1 lime
  • Zest of one lime finely chopped
  • 1/2 tbsp regular salt flakes
  • 1/2 tbsp black salt flakes
  • 1 tsp molasses
  • 2 tbsp + 1 tbsp olive oil extra virgin (we used Awesome Food Co.'s EVOO+Juniper)
  • 40 g fresh seaweed washed and drained
  • 8-10 pippies cleaned

Instructions

Dried Citrus

  • Preheat the oven to 65 degrees Celsius. Thinly slice the blood orange and lime, to a thickness of 3-4mm, and then lay out on a wire rack.
  • Bake for 3-4 hours, turning every 1-2 hours, until the slices have shrunk and dried out. We found that the lime was ready after about 3 hours and the orange after 3.5. Remove and allow to cool.
    blood orange and lime slices dried on an oven rack

Pasta Dough

  • Combine all ingredients in a food processor, blending for 1 minute. Remove and knead for a further 10 minutes, before resting in an airtight container for half an hour, away from heat and direct sunlight.

Pasta Filling

  • Marinate the prawns with all other filling ingredients except the olive oil for one hour, refrigerated.
    prawns marinating in lime chilli and tequila
  • Drain the prawns, retaining the marinade, and fry in the olive oil on medium-high heat for 5-7 minutes. Once they begin to brown, add enough marinade to deglaze. Remove from the heat and allow to cool before blending to a paste with the sour cream and egg white.
    chilli lime tequila prawns frying in a pan

Sacchettoni

  • Chop the dough in half, and roll through a pasta machine at the widest setting a few times, folding over itself in between passes. Step through to a medium-thin setting of 6.
  • Cut the dough into squares of approximately 10cm, curving the edges inwards slightly to give the finished sacchettoni a little more interest, and place a large grape-sized ball of filling into the centre of each.
    blue spirulina pasta squares with balls of tequila prawn filling on top
  • Gather the dough square together around the filling, ensuring that no air is trapped, and pinch together to seal. Rest the sacchettoni on lightly floured baking paper as you prepare the rest of the meal.
    angle close up of blue spirulina and tequila prawn sacchettoni 03

Plating

  • To plate, coat the rim of a large glass with molasses, and use it to stamp circles onto the plate. Sprinkle circles with salt flakes and lime zest. Tip and gently shake the plate to remove any excess.
    plate preparation for blue spirulina and tequila prawn sacchettoni with dried citrus pippies and citrus salt
  • Bring a large pot of water to a vigorous boil. Add the pippies and boil for 2-3 minutes until they've all opened up. Drain, retaining the water and discarding any that don't open. Use the remaining water to cook the sacchettoni until al dente. Drain, and then gently toss both the sacchettoni and pippies in 1 tbsp of the oil to coat.
  • Stand the sacchettoni upright, adding the pippies and small mounds of seaweed to the plate, and then arrange the dried blood orange and lime slices amongst them.
    close up of angle close up of close up of blue spirulina and tequila prawn sacchettoni with pippies and dried citrus

Notes

Without drying the citrus yourself, this recipe should only take around one hour to complete.

Nutrition

Calories: 891kcal | Carbohydrates: 95.8g | Protein: 40.5g | Fat: 36.2g | Saturated Fat: 6.8g | Cholesterol: 176mg | Sodium: 4056mg | Potassium: 634mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 11.9g | Calcium: 123mg | Iron: 11mg
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