Pasta is the perfect mid-week meal as it’s quick and easy and can be served with a multitude of different flavours.
Spaghetti bolognese, carbonara, puttanesca and pesto are just some of the most popular pasta dishes Britons eat on a regular basis.
But if you’re looking for something new, Nigella Lawson’s linguine with lemon, garlic and thyme mushrooms could be the one for you.
Nigella’s recipe, which is from her book NIGELLA EXPRESS, can be made in just a few steps.
Nigella said of the recipe: “It is about as speedy as you can imagine: you do no more to the mushrooms than slice them, steep them in oil, garlic, lemon and thyme and toss them into the hot cooked pasta.
“If all you can find is regular button mushrooms, this pasta is still worth making – so no excuses.”
Fans of Nigella who have made the recipe described it as “divine” and a “family favourite”.
One fan said: “Absolute family favourite. We use less salt and add some diced good-quality ham. My son said ‘it reminds me of the pasta in Italy’!”
Another wrote: “Absolutely gorgeous recipe, simple and tasty. It’s definitely made it onto my regular menu plan! The family loved it and so did I!”
How to make Nigella Lawson’s linguine with lemon, garlic and thyme mushrooms
Ingredients:
- 225 grams chestnut mushrooms
- 80 millilitres extra virgin olive oil
- Two teaspoons Maldon sea salt flakes (or one teaspoon of table salt)
- One small clove garlic (crushed)
- zest and juice of 1 unwaxed lemon
- Four sprigs fresh thyme (leaves stripped off)
- 500 grams linguine
- One bunch fresh parsley (chopped)
- Two to threee tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese (or to taste) – see Additional Information below
- freshly ground black pepper
Method:
1. Firstly, finely slice up the mushrooms and put them in a large bowl with the oil, salt, crushed garlic, lemon juice and zest and thyme leaves.
2. Next, cook the pasta according to the instructions. Once cooked, drain it loosely and allow some of the water to remain in the saucepan.
3. Put the pasta into the bowl with the mushrooms.
4. Toss all the ingredients together before adding the chopped parsley, grated cheese and pepper. Toss again and serve.