Name: Creamy pasta with asparagus & peas
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 250g fusilli or your favourite pasta shape; 300g asparagus spear woody ends removed, cut into lengths; 175g frozen pea; zest and juice ½ lemon; 100g soft cheese with chives

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Creamy pasta with asparagus & peas

Creamy pasta with asparagus & peas

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Serves 2

Easy

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 12 mins

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Take five ingredients and whip up this simple green vegetable fusilli supper for two, plus hit 3 of your 5-a-day

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Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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250g fusilli

or your favourite pasta shape
300g asparagus spear

woody ends removed, cut into lengths
175g frozen pea
zest and juice ½ lemon
100g soft cheese

with chives

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal658
fat28g
saturates15g
carbs75g
sugars7g
fibre7g
protein25g
salt0.5g

low

Method

step 1

Cook the pasta following the pack instructions. Two minutes before the end of the cooking time, add the asparagus and peas. Boil everything together for the final 2 mins, then scoop out and reserve a cup of the cooking liquid from the pan before draining the pasta and veg.
step 2

Return the pasta and veg to the pan and add the lemon zest, soft cheese and seasoning. Add a squeeze of lemon juice to taste and stir in 2-3 tbsp of the cooking liquid to loosen the sauce.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2012

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