Pesto Pasta Bake

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• oven

Preheat the oven to 200C (190F).

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• 200 g pasta

• nonstick pan

Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the packet Once cooked, drain and pour back into the pan.

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• 1 green zucchini

• mandoline

Slice the courgettes / zucchini VERY thinly into round pieces (easier to use a mandolin if you have one).

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• 50 g peas

Mix through with the pasta and the peas.

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• 1 slices sourdough bread
• 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
• ½ tbsp olive oil
• salt

• food processor

Make the topping by placing the bread, nutritional yeast, a pinch of salt and olive oil into a food processor and pulse it a few times until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Pour into a bowl and leave to one side until needed.

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• juicer

Juice the lemon.

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• 50 g cashews
• 62½ ml almond milk
• ½ lemon
• 1½ cloves garlic
• ½ tbsp Dijon mustard
• 12½ g basil

• food processor

Make the pesto sauce by placing all the remaining ingredients including the lemon juice (but not the basil yet) into a food processor and blend until smooth. Once smooth, add the basil and blitz a few more times until the mixture turns green, but also has some chunky bits of herbs in.

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Pour the pesto sauce into the pan with the pasta and mix well until all of the pasta is coated in the sauce.

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• baking dish

Spoon the pasta into a baking dish and top with the breadcrumb mixture.

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• oven

Bake for 10 minutes until the top is golden.

Enjoy your meal!