Spring vegetable tagliatelle with lemon & chive sauce

Spring vegetable tagliatelle with lemon & chive sauce

Put some spring into your pasta, with this fresh yet simple supper idea. It's on the table in under half an hour and is low-fat too

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 12 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Method

  1. Halve the green beans and cut the asparagus into 3 pieces on the diagonal. Cook the tagliatelle, adding the vegetables for the final 5 mins of the cooking time.
  2. Meanwhile, grate the zest from half the lemon and squeeze the juice from the whole lemon. Put juice in a small pan with the mustard, olive oil and a little black pepper. Warm through until smooth.
  3. Drain the pasta and veg, adding 4 tbsp of the water to the lemon sauce. Return the pasta to the pan, reheat the sauce, adding most of the chives, then add to the pasta, tossing everything together well. Divide between 4 shallow bowls and top each with black pepper, Parmesan and the remaining chives.

469 kcalories, protein 21g, carbohydrate 84g, fat 8 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 7g, sugar 4g, salt 0.48 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2010.

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  • 22 April 2010

    Nicola rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very quick to make, and nice and fresh for a warm spring day! I thought perhaps a swig of cream in there would have finished it off perfectly, but it was also nice without!

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  • 22 April 2010

    SweetAsSugar rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    this pasta dish was quick and easy to make, tasted fresh and was substantial, however we needed to use double the sauce to coat everything nicely.

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  • 25 April 2010

    mariesum rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really loved this recipe. It was hard to find tagliatelle in my area, so I just used fresh linguine with wonderful results. I doubled the sauce and it was perfect. Going to be making this again, definitely!

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  • 02 May 2010

    Sarah rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely, quick and easy. My family loved it and wasn't to heavy

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  • 10 May 2010

    Sonali rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    I really didn't enjoy this recipe. There were two main problems. First, it was too dry. Perhaps I added too much pasta. Second, it lacked flavour. If I were ever to make it again, I would be tempted to double the mustard, lemon and olive oil mixture. In fact, reminded me of a less tasty version of this recipe (which has become a regular of mine): http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4006/courgette-and-lemon-linguine

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  • 30 May 2010

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Quick and tasty, lots of fresh flavours. Really enjoyed this.

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  • 23 June 2010

    Vickie Plum rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Wouldn't go out of my way to make this again. Used double the sauce and added a spoonful of creme fraiche and it was still a bit dry. Useful reciepe if you want to use up some veg but thats about it.

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  • 13 September 2010

    Malin commented on this recipe

    One of my favourite recipes however I always add creme fraiche or a dash of single cream as it is otherwise a bit too dry and sharp.

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  • 23 March 2011

    Snooze rated this recipe

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  • 28 March 2011

    claudia rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    We loved this recipe. Didn't have Dijon mustard so had to use wholegrain instead, but still very good. I also agree with some of the previous comments that more olive oil is needed to coat the pasta.

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  • 04 April 2011

    Andi C rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Lovely fresh recipe, although I did double the sauce. Was so good, even my (very) carniverous boyfriend has asked me to do it again soon!!!

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  • 13 May 2011

    Grace1986 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made double quantities for my birthday meal (4 of us). Fresh pasta made all the difference! Forgot the chives, but it didn't seem to matter :) Will definitely be making again.

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  • 17 May 2011

    itskath35 commented on this recipe

    Quite enjoyed this recipe but I did add in low fat natural yogurt to the sauce as it wasn't enough and as it was still very tart I added in half a teaspoon of sweetner. We both loved it and will make it again

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  • 17 May 2011

    itskath35 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Forgot the stars!!

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  • 21 July 2011

    Frances46 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Seriously quick, but next time I too would definitely double the sauce mix for the pasta, but maybe not the water added.

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  • 20 May 2012

    Suman Kanodia commented on this recipe

    I just made this fresh and unusual (for India) recipe and it's a hit on a summer evening!

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  • 29 August 2012

    tymmathi rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    worked really well with spinach as the veg

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 12 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 450g mixed spring vegetables such as green beans, asparagus , broad beans and peas
  • 400g tagliatelle
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tbsp snipped chives
  • grated Parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), to serve
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469 kcalories, protein 21g, carbohydrate 84g, fat 8 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 7g, sugar 4g, salt 0.48 g

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