SUMMER PASTA WITH PEAS & MINT
Low fat, but high in taste - make the most of summer's pea bounty with this light pasta dish
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Dinner, Pasta
Time 15m
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Boil the spaghetti according to pack instructions and, when you have just 2 mins cooking time left, throw in the peas.
- Meanwhile, whisk the olive oil, lemon juice and mustard together, then season with salt, if you like, and pepper. Drain the pasta, reserving a couple of tbsps of the cooking water and return to the pan. Stir the reserved cooking water, olive oil mixture and mint through the pasta, then serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 457 calories, Fat 11 grams fat, SaturatedFat 2 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 79 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 5 grams sugar, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 15 grams protein, Sodium 0.17 milligram of sodium
SUMMER PASTA WITH PEAS & MINT
This recipe sounds fresh and healthy and an nice alternative to tomato sauce covered pasta. This recipe was first published in the July 2006 issue of BBC Good Food Magazine. You could toss some thick slices of ham into it if you wanted meat in the meal.
Provided by Sarah_Jayne
Categories Spaghetti
Time 15m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Boil the spaghetti according to pack instructions and, when you have two minutes left, throw in the peas.
- Meanwhile, whisk the olive oil, lemon juice and mustard together, then season with salt, if you like and pepper.
- Drain the pasta, reserving a couple of tablespoons of cooking water and return to the pan.
- Stir the reserved cooking water, olive oil mixture and mint through the pasta. Serve.
SUMMER PEA PASTA
No time to cook? This light, fresh pasta dish is ready to eat in 15 minutes
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Dinner, Main course, Pasta
Time 15m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- 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.
- 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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 462 calories, Fat 11 grams fat, SaturatedFat 2 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 82 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 4 grams sugar, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 15 grams protein, Sodium 0.03 milligram of sodium
PASTA WITH PEAS AND MINT
Other than snap peas, you could use Chinese pea pods or pea shoots or the wonderful frozen green pea, they all taste great.
Provided by IslandGirl
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 27m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a 5 quart pan, bring 2 or 3 quarts water to a boil.
- Clean stem ends and strings from peas.
- Rinse and drain.
- When water boils, add pasta, pushing it down into the water.
- Cook until almost tender to bite, about 3 minutes.
- Add peas and cook until they turn bright green, about 2 minutes.
- Drain peas and pasta through a colander.
- In a large pan, combine garlic and butter over high heat, stirring until butter melts.
- Add peas and pasta and mix until pasta stops sizzling, about 1 minute.
- Add about 2 t.
- of the lemon zest, 2 T.
- of the lemon juice, and about 1 T.
- of the mint to the pan, mix.
- Serve the pasta mix in wide pasta bowls, swirling to make a well in the center.
- Spoon creme fraiche into the centre of the bowls and sprinkle with remining peel, mint, and juice.
- Add salt and fresh ground pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 391.5, Fat 17.8, SaturatedFat 10.7, Cholesterol 56, Sodium 56.6, Carbohydrate 49.6, Fiber 4.2, Sugar 2.2, Protein 9.4
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