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Prepare the A ingredients as instructed above.
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Chop the stems of the coriander finely and cut the leafy parts roughly.
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Omit the coriander if you don't like it.
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Put the plain flour in a measuring cup.
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Pour 3 L of water into a large pot and bring to a boil.
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Just before it comes to a boil add 2 tablespoons of salt (it should come to 1% of the entire pot of water).
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The amount of salt in the pasta cooking water is important to the resultant dish so measure precisely.
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When the water comes to the a turn the heat to low and leave to stand.
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Put the olive oil, garlic and sliced red chili pepper in a cold frying pan.
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Heat over a low heat slowly until fragrant.
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Once the garlic turns golden brown and fragrant add the prawns.
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Salt and pepper.
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Turn the heat to medium-low and add the white wine and fish sauce.
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Cover with a lid quickly and steam the prawns.
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Meanwhile add the pasta to the water from Step 4 and cook until al dente.
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Drain the pasta 30 seconds to 1 minute earlier than the package instruction says.
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Cook the pasta over a low heat.
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After the prawns have cooked through add coriander stems from Step 2.
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Stir quickly.
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Add 50 ml of the water you used to cook the pasta to Step 3.
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Add this to Step 10's pan and cook over a medium heat for 15 seconds to emulsify the sauce.
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[Note] Emulsifying the sauce is important.
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At home you cook a small amount of pasta so you cannot get enough starch to emulsify the sauce.
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By adding the flour the resultant sauce will have the right consistency.
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You will have a restaurant-quality sauce at home.
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Turn the heat to low-high and add the drained pasta.
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Stir well.
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I like it as it is but add more rock salt (not listed in the ingredients) if necessary.
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Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with coriander leaves.
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Sprinkle with lemon juice and black pepper to your liking.
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Prawns sauteed in white wine and fish sauce really give this dish an exquisite taste.
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And combined with the coriander stalks just further adds to it.
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If you don't mind fish sauce or coriander I really recommend this Asian-style spaghetti aglio e oilo.
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Here's my Basic Spaghetti aglio e olio.
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is a spaghetti aglio e olio with anchovies.
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This is nice too.
