Vegan Super Fine Shiitake Pesto Spaghetti BOSHTV

Super Fine Shiitake Pesto Spaghetti

  • Super simple
  • 0:25 m
  • 7 ingredients

Looking for a new way to enjoy pasta night? Look no further than our killer Super Fine Shiitake Pesto Spaghetti! This delicious recipe features al dente spaghetti coated in a homemade pesto made with fresh basil, pine nuts, and parmesan cheese. But the real star of the show? Finely sliced shiitake mushrooms that add a flavourful and textural pop to each bite. Quick and easy to prepare, it's the perfect meal for all you busy plant-based people.

Serves: 2

Ingredients

For the spaghetti

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 150g Shiitake mushrooms
  • 100g vegan pesto
  • 100g asparagus
  • 1 tbsp Nooch
  • ½ lemon
  • 200g spaghetti
  • salt and pepper to taste

To serve

  • rocket dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar

Before you start

Kettle boiled | large pan | large high sided frying pan

Step 1

Prepare the ingredients

  • Finely slice the shiitakes, really fine.
  • Trim the asparagus and quarter long ways so you have really fine strips.

Ingredients

  • 150g Shiitake mushrooms
  • 100g asparagus

Step 2

Start the sauce

  • Warm the olive oil in a high sided saucepan, add the mushrooms and a pinch of salt and pepper and fry for 4-5 minutes over high heat.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Step 3

Cook the pasta

  • Add the pasta to a big pot of boiling salted water and cook according to packet instructions (approx 9 mins).

Ingredients

  • 200g spaghetti

Step 4

Finish the sauce

  • Add the pesto to the pan and stir for 1 minute.
  • Add a ladle of pasta water, stir to combine and reduce the heat to a gentle simmer.
  • When the pasta has 2 minutes left to cook, turn up the heat, add the asparagus, Nooch, the juice of half a lemon and a little more pasta water to create a nice sauce, fold to coat and simmer for 2 minutes to soften.
  • Taste and season to perfection with salt and pepper.

Ingredients

  • 100g vegan pesto
  • 1 tbsp Nooch
  • ½ lemon
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • rocket dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar