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Pesto pasta with peas
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Pesto pasta with peas

Sweet peas and basil pesto turn everyday pasta into a speedy green supper.

Prep
5 min
Cook
12 min
Serves
2
Level
Easy
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Gather

Ingredients

  • 200 gfusilli
  • 150 gfrozen peas
  • 3 tbspvegetarian basil pesto
  • 30 gvegetarian hard cheese, grated
  • 1 tsplemon juice
  • 15 gbasil leaves, torn

Make

Method

  1. 1.

    Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil and add the fusilli. Cook according to the packet instructions.

    9 minutes
  2. 2.

    Add the peas for the final 3 minutes of cooking.

    3 minutes
  3. 3.

    Reserve 100 ml of cooking water, then drain the pasta and peas and return them to the pan off the heat.

    1 minutes
  4. 4.

    Stir in the pesto, lemon juice and half the cheese, adding a splash of reserved water to loosen. Finish with the basil and remaining cheese.

    2 minutes