Mint is one of my favourite herbs, and I have three pots of it growing just outside my kitchen door so that I can cut it easily. During summer, I use it almost every […]
It's dead easy, Tania: blanch the asparagus in boiling water, which you then use to cook your pasta. Meanwhile, fry some pancetta or lardons in their own fat, add a finely chopped clove of garlic and a chopped red chilli and cook gently. At last minute, add the asparagus, lemon juice, lemon zest and a little olive oil and stir gently into the pasta with some freshly chopped mint. Enjoy! (I have grated parmesan with mine too, but you probably don't need it - I'm just greedy!)