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Sausage, courgette and watercress pesto pasta
- Published: 31 May 24
- Updated: 14 Jun 24
Peppery summer watercress is a brilliant partner for silky, soft courgettes in this easy sausage pasta dish. The vibrant lemony pesto is a hundred times better than anything you’ll find in a jar.
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Ingredients
- 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus 1 tsp for frying
- 400g sausages
- 2 medium courgettes, cut into half moons
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- 300g rigatoni or similar pasta
- 80g watercress
- 30g skin-on almonds
- Grated zest and juice 1 lemon
Method
- Heat 1 tsp oil in a large sauté or frying pan over a medium heat, then add the sausagemeat, squeezing it out of the sausage skins into the pan. Cook, stirring and breaking it up, for about 3 minutes until golden in places. Add the courgettes and garlic with a pinch of salt and cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the pack instructions. Put two thirds of the watercress in a blender or food processor, including all the thick stems, add the almonds, lemon zest and juice and 1 tbsp olive oil. Whizz to a coarse pesto.
- Drain the pasta, reserving a mug of the cooking water. Add the pasta to the sausage pan along with the pesto and a good glug of the pasta cooking
water. Stir until everything is coated in the pesto, then stir in the rest of the watercress.
- Recipe from June 2024 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 671kcals
- Fat
- 35g (10g saturated)
- Protein
- 23g
- Carbohydrates
- 62g (6.5g sugars)
- Fibre
- 8.2g
- Salt
- 1.2g
delicious. tips
Easy swaps Swap the almonds for pine nuts or walnuts, if that’s what you have.
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