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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal547
  • fat23g
  • saturates5g
  • carbs69g
  • sugars4g
  • fibre4g
  • protein20g
  • salt0.32g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water according to pack instructions. Meanwhile, finely chop the almonds, chop the courgette into small chunks, crush the garlic and strip the basil leaves from the stalks. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the courgette for 2-3 mins until starting to soften, then throw in the garlic and half the basil and cook for 1 min more.

  • step 2

    Drain the pasta and add to the courgettes, along with the almonds, the rest of the basil, the Parmesan, salt, pepper and lemon juice. Toss everything together and serve with extra Parmesan on the side.

RECIPE TIPS
MARY SAYS...

I devised this recipe last summer when I had a bumper crop of courgettes from the garden. I like to pick them when they are small-medium for the sweetest, crunchiest flavour. Small courgettes are also great cut into sticks to serve raw with dips.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2007

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A star rating of 4.3 out of 5.20 ratings

MashedPotats

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

This was an alright recipe I guess. I bought ready blanched almonds and toasted them myself by frying them in a bit of oil in a pan for a few minutes until browned, tossing them often. I then placed them on kitchen paper to blot. I left them wrapped in the paper to cool while I chopped the…

Superfoodkitchen

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

This has to be the quickest meal, it’s perfect for a midweek meal. it’s delicious yet simple. I like plenty of veg with my pasta so I doubled the amount of courgette and garlic. I also skipped the cheese but added salt and pepper, and a drizzle of olive oil over the top.

shanghai-steve

Made our pasta from scratch tonight (wacky Saturday night idea). I'll let you know how it goes. I often find that a nice sauce goes well with freshly made pasta - freshly made

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Becky Robinson

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

I added tomatoes and sultanas and it made it ten times better!

larkspur45

Very tasty dish quick and easy to prepare. Used spaghetti as didn't have specified pasta. Added more almonds, courgettes and basil plus a few splashes of olive oil to finished dish.

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