Pea pesto pasta
Serves 4
Easy
Cook: -
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
Skip to ingredients
Showing items 1 to 3 of 6
- 250g shelled fresh peas(just under 900g/2lb in their pods)
- 2 fat garlic clovesfinely chopped
- 50g pine nutstoasted
- 50g fresh parmesancheese, chopped into small chunks
- good handful fresh mintleaves (about 20g/¾)
- 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 350g dried spaghetti
To serve
- freshly grated parmesancheese
- extra-virgin olive oil
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal640
- fat32g
- saturates6g
- carbs72g
- sugars0g
- fibre6g
- protein21g
- salt0.3glow
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.
