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Summer bean & feta pasta

Summer bean & feta pasta

A fresh take on a pasta salad, this warm medley of seasonal summer beans, zingy lemon, dill and feta cheese can be enjoyed hot or cold. Also lovely as a side dish with lamb or chicken.

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VegetarianHealthyLow in saturated fat2 of your 5 a day
  • Serves4
  • CourseMain meal
  • Prepare20 mins
  • Cook15 mins
  • Total time35 mins

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Ingredients

  • 280g pack Essential Runner Beans, trimmed and cut into 3cm pieces at an angle
  • 200g pack trimmed fine green beans, halved
  • 200g frozen Essential Baby Broad Beans, defrosted (or use fresh, podded)
  • 300g No.1 Trofie
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 echalion shallots, finely sliced
  • 1 unwaxed lemon, zest and juice
  • ½ x 200g pack Essential Greek Feta
  • 20g pack dill, leaves finely chopped

Method

  1. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Blanch all the beans together, return to the boil for 3 minutes, then remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. Refresh under cold water, then drain. Cook the pasta in the same water according to pack instructions.

  2. Warm the oil in a large frying pan, add the shallots and cook for 5 minutes until soft and sweet. Meanwhile, slip the broad beans from their skins.

  3. When the shallots are soft, add the blanched beans. Reserve about 150ml pasta cooking water, then drain the pasta and add to the pan.

  4. Stir in the reserved water with the lemon zest and juice. Crumble in most of the feta and add most of the dill. Stir over the heat until the sauce is glossy. Season to taste and serve with the remaining feta and dill scattered over.

Cook’s tip

Try using a frozen pea and bean mix if you want to save time on prep, or go for a mix of Tenderstem broccoli and peas instead. Trofie is a pasta with a narrow twisted shape, and is good for salad dishes such as this. But you can swap for any other shape.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

1,971kJ/ 469kcals

Fat

13g

Saturated Fat

5.5g

Carbohydrates

62g

Sugars

6.3g

Fibre

11g

Protein

20g

Salt

0.6g

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