Avocado and cherry tomato tagliatelle

Name: Avocado and cherry tomato tagliatelle | Asda Good Living
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1tbsp olive oil; 250g cherry tomatoes; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 sprig thyme; 500g pack Asda Fresh Egg Tagliatelle; 1 medium avocado, halved and stoned; Zest and juice 1 lemon; 20g pine nuts, toasted; 60g wild rocket

Silky smooth avocado adds rich creaminess, while toasted pine nuts give a delicious crunch

By Asda Good Living,21st May 2020

(16 votes)

Cook: 15 Mins

Serves: 4

Price: 65p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 260g serving contains

Energy
2122kj
507kcal

25%

Fat
15.3g

Med
22%

Saturates
2.6g

Med
13%

Sugars
5.2g

Med
6%

Salt
0.10g

Low
2%

of your 5-a-day

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
816kj/195kcal

Ingredients

1tbsp olive oil

250g cherry tomatoes

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 sprig thyme

500g pack Asda Fresh Egg Tagliatelle

1 medium avocado, halved and stoned

Zest and juice 1 lemon

20g pine nuts, toasted

60g wild rocket

Method

Heat the oil in a frying pan, add the tomatoes, garlic and thyme, and cook for 5-6 mins until the tomatoes are bursting. Remove the thyme.

Meanwhile, bring a pan of water to the boil and cook the pasta according to the pack instructions. Meanwhile, bring a pan of water to the boil and cook the pasta according to the pack instructions.

Scoop the flesh of the avocado into a blender. Add the lemon juice and most of the zest (reserve the rest to garnish) plus a splash of the pasta cooking water. Blend until smooth then season with pepper.

Drain the pasta and return to its pan. Stir in the tomatoes and avocado.

Serve topped with the pine nuts, rocket, reserved zest and black pepper