Pea pasta with mint pesto

This deceptively simple dish is the perfect way to get through some fridge and garden staples that might otherwise be overlooked

Pea pasta with mint pesto

SERVES

4

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

10

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

15

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 200g pasta

  • 6 tbsp olive oilĀ 

  • 4 shallots, slicedĀ 

  • 4 garlic cloves, finely choppedĀ 

  • 200g peasĀ 

  • 50g pine nuts, toastedĀ 

  • 50g Parmesan, finely gratedĀ 

  • good handful of mint, finely choppedĀ 

  • 1 small courgette, sliced into thin strips with a vegetable peelerĀ 

  • 2 spring onions, slicedĀ 

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