Linguine with spinach, courgettes and brown shrimp

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Hands on time: 25 minutes
  • Difficulty: easy

This quick pasta recipe takes just 25 minutes to make and is bursting with greens.

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Ingredients

  • 50g butter
  • Splash olive oil
  • 250g baby courgettes, cut lengthways into quarters (see tip)
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 50ml Pernod or other pastis
  • 90g brown shrimps (available from Waitrose and fishmongers)
  • 150g baby leaf spinach
  • 300g linguine
  • Zest and juice 1 lemon
  • Fresh parsley, finely chopped
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Method

  1. Heat the butter with the oil in a large frying pan until sizzling. Fry the courgettes, turning often until lightly golden brown. The butter should brown too, but not burn. Remove the cooked courgettes to a plate with a slotted spoon, turn down the heat and add the garlic, then cook for a couple of minutes.
  2. Turn the heat back up, add the Pernod and bubble for 2-3 minutes until the alcohol smell has gone. Add the shrimps, spinach and courgettes to warm through.
  3. Meanwhile, start cooking the linguine in plenty of salted boiling water. After 7-8 minutes, check for tenderness. When the pasta is only just al dente, remove and drain, stirring a splash of the cooking water into the shrimp and courgettes.
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  5. Toss the pasta with the shrimps and courgettes over a very low heat for 2 minutes. Stir in the lemon zest and juice, and the parsley. Taste and season if needed. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

  • 459kcals Calories
  • 15.2g (7.3g saturated) Fat
  • 15.2g Protein
  • 59.3g (6.4g sugars) Carbs
  • 5.2g Fibre
  • 0.6g Salt

Quick wins & tips

If you can’t get baby courgettes, use regular ones but slice them into thick discs.

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james wynes

I love this recipe because is it is so light, fresh and full of flavour and can be on the table in about 20 minutes

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