PASTA PRIMAVERA
Ingredients
- 50g/2oz unsalted butter
- 1 garlic clove
- crushed
- 200g/7oz asparagus
- blanched
- cut into bite-sized pieces
- 150g/5oz fresh peas
- podded
- 100g/3½oz frozen soya beans
- defrosted
- 100g/3½oz baby spinach
- 400g/14oz tagliatelle (a few tablespoons of cooking water reserved)
- 1 lemon
- juice and zest
- large handful fresh spring herbs
- including mint
- basil
- dill and parsley
- chopped
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 25g/1oz hazelnuts
- toasted and lightly crushed
- parmesan shavings
- or similar vegetarian hard cheese shavings
- olive oil
- for drizzling
Directions
- Heat the butter in a pan
- add the garlic and fry for one minute.
- Add the asparagus
- peas
- soya beans and spinach and stir fry for 1-2 minutes
- until the spinach has wilted slightly.
- Add the pasta and a little of the cooking water to the pan and stir to combine.
- Stir in the lemon juice and zest and the herbs and season
- to taste
- with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- To serve
- divide the pasta among four bowls
- sprinkle over the hazelnuts and parmesan shavings and drizzle with olive oil.

