March 16, 2018 / In food , veggie / Tagged as: chives, basil, parsley, mushrooms, garlic, lemon, creme fraiche, parmesan

Pistou Linguine

Total Cook Time

35 minutes

Ingredients

  • FOR PISTOU
  • 4 tbsp roughly chopped flatleaf parsley
  • 4 tbsp roughly chopped chives
  • 2-3 sprigs of basil
  • 2 garlic cloves (crushed)
  • 1 lemon (juice only)
  • 200g creme fraiche
  • salt & pepper
  • FOR LINGUINE
  • 300g linquine pasta
  • 500g mushrooms, sliced
  • Optional: grated parmesan

Method

  1. Blend the herbs, garlic, lemon juice and creme fraiche in a food processor until finely chopped. Season with salt and pepper.
  2. To salted boiling water add the linquine. Reserve two tbsp of pasta water.
  3. Cook mushrooms in butter.
  4. Add the pasta, pistou and reserved water to pan. Stir together.
  5. Tip the pasta into bowls and scatter with the remaining Parmesan and mushrooms.
  6. Check the seasoning, adding more salt and pepper if necessary, and serve.

Notes

Pistou is a classic Provençal sauce made of basil, garlic and olive oil. Similar to pesto but without the pine nuts and Parmesan.

This dish uses chives as the base and creme fraiche instead of olive oil.