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Pea pesto pasta

Spaghetti with pea and mint pesto in a dish

Pea pesto pasta

Name: Pea pesto pasta
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 250g shelled fresh peas (just under 900g/2lb in their pods); 2 fat garlic cloves finely chopped; 50g pine nuts toasted; 50g fresh parmesan cheese, chopped into small chunks; good handful fresh mint leaves (about 20g/¾); 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 350g dried spaghetti; freshly grated parmesan cheese; extra-virgin olive oil

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Serves 4

Easy

Cook: 35 mins - 40 mins

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Try a new take on classic pesto. Combine pea and mint to make a fresh and simple sauce to mix into spaghetti. It's sure to become a family favourite

Freezable

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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250g shelled fresh peas

(just under 900g/2lb in their pods)
2 fat garlic cloves

finely chopped
50g pine nuts

toasted
50g fresh parmesan

cheese, chopped into small chunks
good handful fresh mint

leaves (about 20g/¾)
6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
350g dried spaghetti

To serve

freshly grated parmesan

cheese
extra-virgin olive oil

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal640
fat32g
saturates6g
carbs72g
sugars0g
fibre6g
protein21g
salt0.3g

low

Method

step 1

Cook the peas in boiling water for 2-3 minutes until just tender, then drain and refresh in cold water. Pat dry.
step 2

Tip the peas into a food processor and add the garlic, pine nuts, parmesan, mint and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper, then pulse very briefly until the ingredients are roughly chopped. Don’t overdo it – they should still have lots of texture. (You can freeze the pesto at this point.)
step 3

Cook the spaghetti according to packet instructions until al dente – that’s with a bit of bite still. Drain, reserving some of the cooking water.
step 4

To serve, toss the spaghetti with the pesto and about 2 tbsp of the water. Pile into warmed bowls and serve at once, with parmesan and olive oil at the table.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2002

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