Avocado, ricotta and shrimp spaghetti - As quick as lightning!

Back to working days... And I've been quite lazy about shopping this week-end, so I had to deal with what was left in my cupboards and what was left of my time after hours to make dinner.
I quite like this kind of cooking challenge, although it does not necessarily bring up my favorite style of food. But tonight I was very happy with my creation given that it took barely 20 mins off my time watching my little one first adventure, exploring our place and crawling backward #stupidproudmom

Today, on the menu: Avocado, ricotta and shrimp spaghetti - humble, but incredibly quick n' easy! Perfect for busy working moms and daddies willing to give a hand in the kitchen ;) Would also work well for students busy with their dissertation or exam preparations, cook beginners wanting to impress friends, families watching on the budget and starving people looking for a healthier option than fish n' chips... Well, it should work for anybody though!

Ingredients (4 servings)

- 300 g spaghetti
- 200 g shrimps, cooked
- 1 large avocado
- 4 tsp ricotta (+ more for garnish)
- 4 tsp lemon juice
- dill

Instructions:

1. Blend* together the avocado flesh, the ricotta and the lemon juice. Season with white pepper. If this mixture is too thick, add a little bit of warm water from the pasta (I added 3 tsp to get the desired consistence).

2. Quickly cook the shrimps in a pan or poach them in the pasta water 3 minutes before the pasta are cooked. Basically you just need to heat them.
3. Mix the prawns with the pasta (still hot); then add three quarters of the avocado sauce and toss.
4. Serve and add a quenelle* of avocado sauce on the top of the spaghetti, as well as some ricotta and dill for garnish.*

Tips

* I recommend using a hand mixer to get a very fine consistence on such a small quantity.
* Here quenelle refers to an oval or egg shape, such as ice cream, sorbet or whipped cream, which gives an elegant touch to your dish. See on the pictures.
* I used dill for garnish but when I ate it as part of the dish I thought that it may work well to actually mix some more dill in the dish. I love the sweet anise flavor brought by the dill, and it match very well with the lemony hint in the avocado sauce.