Summer pea pasta

Summer pea pasta

No time to cook? This light, fresh pasta dish is ready to eat in 15 minutes

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Method

  1. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a frying pan and cook the garlic and chilli for a couple of mins until very lightly golden. Stir in the zest.
  2. Cook the pasta, adding the peas for the final 2 mins. Drain, then tip everything back into the saucepan. Tip in the garlic, chilli and lemon, scraping in any bits stuck to the pan. Tear in the basil, season and add the remaining olive oil. Stir well.
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Add prawns

Fry 200g raw prawns with the garlic and chilli, swap the basil for flat-leaf parsley, and cut the zested lemons into wedges for squeezing over the finished dish.

Per serving

462 kcalories, protein 15g, carbohydrate 82g, fat 11 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 6g, sugar 4g, salt 0.03 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2010.

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  • 28 July 2010

    Beth rated this recipe

    3 stars

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  • 13 November 2010

    Sarah rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I love this recipe. It's really quick and easy but I added a couple of courgette and a bit of lemon grass to make the lemon taste stronger. A red pepper instead of a chilli makes it less fiddily to make.

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  • 08 December 2010

    ahmz commented on this recipe

    we love this recipe it's quite perfect easily prepare for my family. thanks for sharing.. keep it up

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  • 23 March 2011

    issy commented on this recipe

    i love family healthy recipes

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  • 20 May 2011

    Brince rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    It was good, i added a bit of smoked bacon to it. But i think that there needs to be a bit of a sauce with this...would have been amazing with some kind of tomato sauce...

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  • 19 February 2012

    TiffanyPlums commented on this recipe

    Great recipie although 3 big garlic cloves makes this dish extremly garlicky! Next time i'd use 1 or 2 max! Overall really good x

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat

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Per serving

462 kcalories, protein 15g, carbohydrate 82g, fat 11 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 6g, sugar 4g, salt 0.03 g

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