Green Linguini

Servings3
PreparationTime30 min
Ingredients
  • 125g frozen peas
  • 50g frozen broad beans
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 small leek, finely sliced
  • 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
  • 75g ricotta
  • 20g parmesan (or veggie alternative), grated, plus a little extra to serve
  • 1/2 lemon, zested and juiced
  • 150g Springo linguine
  • Small bunch mint, shredded
Instructions
  1. Put the peas and broad beans into a bowl and pour over a kettle of boiling water. Leave for 1 minute, drain, and pod the broad beans. Take about ¾ of the peas and blend in a food processor or with a hand blender with 1 tbsp of water until smooth.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the leek with some seasoning for 8-10 minutes until soft. Stir in the chilli flakes, broad beans and remaining peas, and fry for 2 minutes. Cool slightly and put into a bowl with the pea purée, ricotta, parmesan, lemon zest and juice and some seasoning, and mix well.
  3. Cook the linguine following pack instructions, reserving some cooking water.
  4. Tip the pasta back into the pan and add the pea and leek mix, and a splash of the cooking water. Mix well and serve with the mint and more parmesan, if you like.