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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal768
  • fat28g
  • saturates13g
  • carbs100g
  • sugars6g
  • fibre6g
  • protein34g
  • salt1.68g
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Method

  • step 1

    Coarsely grate the courgettes, then place in a sieve over a bowl. Press to squeeze out all the liquid – this may take a few mins, but try to drain away as much as you can.

  • step 2

    Cook the pasta in boiling salted water following pack instructions. Meanwhile, heat a large, non-stick frying pan, then dry-fry the bacon, stirring often, until crisp. Add the chilli and cook for 1 min more, then tip in the courgettes and cook on a high heat for 2-3 mins.

  • step 3

    Mix together the egg yolks, cheese, cream and lemon zest. When the pasta is cooked, drain it, reserving a little of the cooking water. Tip everything back into the pasta pan and toss together. Divide into bowls to serve, with extra Parmesan.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2011

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A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.31 ratings

emmas29

I stuck pretty much to the quantities shown here, other than using 200g of smoked bacon lardons, a clove of finely sliced garlic, and half the amount of pasta (I used fresh linguine). Definitely keep the pasta water, as it needs quite a lot to thin the sauce. Absolutely delicious and just right…

denisebrown

I made this tonight to use up some old courgettes and it was really good. I used some pancetta and mushrooms from the back of the fridge too. It definitely needs the cooking water from the pasta so don’t drain it too well and keep some. I used nearly half a mug for two of us, which made the sauce…

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purplespam72

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

I made this halving the recipe for two, pretty much stuck to the recipe apart from the chilli, only had dried chilli flakes. Wasn’t expecting amazing results but my other half loved it and so did I as we were both bored with usual pasta recipes. Will definitely make again!

frenchsonya

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

As others have commented, this is surprisingly good! I thought it might lack some depth of flavour, but no...it was excellent & given a big "thumbs up" from my French partner who would eat pasta for every meal if he could (his family is of Sicilian origin, hence the pasta obsession!). I omitted…

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