Spaghetti Genovese

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1. Pour a kettle of boiling water into a very large pan until half full. Return to the boil, then add the potatoes and spaghetti, and a little salt. Cook for 10 minutes until the potatoes and pasta are almost tender. Tip in the green beans and cook for 5 minutes more.
2. Drain well, reserving 4 tbsp of the cooking liquid. Return the potatoes, pasta and beans to the pan, then stir in the fresh pesto and reserved cooking liquid. Season to taste, divide between four serving plates and drizzle with a little olive oil.

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330 kcalories, protein 23g, carbohydrate 8g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 0g, salt 0.5 g

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• purplebo

  10 September 2008

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  Really enjoyed this especially as it used the exact ingredients I had. Adjusted this for just 2 of us, and only used a small amount of pesto as I don't like too much. Also, the beans were frozen so microwaved them and then added them as the same time as pesto. Will cook this again!

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  i know your probably checkign out ingredients list and thinking potatoes and pasta, slightly weird? but this is amazing. used a few chopped up rashers of leftover bacon which gave lovely contrasting texture. i cannot believe how gorgeous this tastes considering how few calories it contains! my husband and scrounging brother in law loved it and it's definately one i'll be makign a lot in future.

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  it was nice, but nothing special. Possibly my own fault as I only used pesto from a jar. The potatoes didn't bring much to the dish.

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Ingredients

• 300g new potatoes , sliced
• 300g spaghetti
• 200g trimmed green beans , cut in half
• 120g tub fresh pesto
• olive oil , for drizzling

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Ingredients

• 300g new potatoes , sliced
• 300g spaghetti
• 200g trimmed green beans , cut in half
• 120g tub fresh pesto
• olive oil , for drizzling

330 kcalories, protein 23g, carbohydrate 8g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 0g, salt 0.5 g

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