Avocado and pine nut pasta
Ingredients:
140g (5oz) Dietary Specials Penne or Fusilli Pasta
1 Avocado
1 x 5 mlsp (1 tsp)lemon zest
Juice of ½ lemon
30ml (2 tbsp) Natural Soya yogurt
25g (1oz) pine nuts
15 mlsp (1tbsp) fresh basil, torn
Freshly ground black pepper
Serves 2
Preparation time: 10 mins Cooking time: 10 mins
Method:
1. Cook the Penne pasta in plenty of boiling, lightly salted water with
a dash of olive oil for about 9 minutes.
2. Peel and de stone the avocado, cube into a medium bowl, add
the lemon zest and juice, mix together.
3. Drain pasta and rinse through with COLD water.
4. Combine avocado, pasta, and yogurt mixture together, add the
pine nuts and torn basil
5. Serve topped with freshly ground black pepper.
Cooks Tip:
Rinsing the pasta in cold water prevents the pasta from sticking together and also speeds up the cooling process as the pasta salad is eaten cold.