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Lemony Pea, Mint & Ricotta Pasta Salad

Short pasta tossed with sweet green peas, ricotta, fresh mint and lemon, eaten warm or at room temperature.

Lemony Pea, Mint & Ricotta Pasta Salad. Short pasta tossed with sweet green peas, ricotta, fresh mint and lemon, eaten warm or at room temperature.
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Prep 10 minCook 14 minServes 2

Ingredients

Why metric?

Metric avoids regional spoon ambiguity. US uses 5 mL tsp, 15 mL tbsp and 240 mL cup. Small masses stay in grams unless a verified recipe conversion exists. More on measurements

  • 160 g short pasta (dry)
  • 200 g frozen peas
  • 125 g fresh ricotta (half a 250 g tub)
  • 12 g fresh mint leaves, shredded
  • 20 ml lemon juice (20 g)
  • 25 ml extra-virgin olive oil (23 g)
  • 15 g parmesan, finely grated
  • 1 g iodised table salt, plus more to taste
  • Ground black pepper, to taste

Method

  1. Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling salted water until just tender, following the packet timing as a guide and tasting a piece a minute before it is due. It will come out at around 370 g cooked.
  2. Drop the peas into the same pan for the last 2 minutes.
  3. Scoop out a cupful of the cooking water, then drain the pasta and peas.
  4. Beat the ricotta with the lemon juice, oil, parmesan, salt and pepper in the warm pan, adding cooking water a spoonful at a time until it turns into a loose cream that coats the back of a spoon.
  5. Return the pasta and peas to the pan and toss to coat. Stir the mint through at the last moment so it stays green, and add more lemon and pepper to taste.

Safety and storage

Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C

Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool and cover within two hours, split large amounts into shallow containers, and reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.

Where these temperatures come from