Rukmini Iyer’s Quick And Easy Recipe For Courgette Linguine With Trout, Lemon And Dill | Quick And Easy

This is specified a lovely, summery dish: it takes nether 30 minutes from commencement to finish, and I recovered it immensely reviving aft a agelong day. The grated courgette melts into nan pasta, and useful perfectly pinch nan lemon, trout and a deed of chilli. If you person 1 of those multi-nut and seed mixes (the M&S 35-plant 1 is excellent), by each intends adhd a scoop to finish; otherwise, a scattering of toasted conifer nuts will adhd a invited crunch. An elegant meal for two.

Courgette linguine pinch trout, citrus and dill

Prep 10 min
Cook 20 min
Serves 2

2 trout fillets
2½ tbsp oliva oil
Sea salt
Juice and finely grated zest of ½ lemon, positive 2 citrus slices
180g linguine
2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely grated
1 tsp chilli flakes
1 ample courgette, trimmed and coarsely grated
10g caller dill, astir chopped
4 tbsp conifer nuts, aliases 4 tbsp omega seed and seed mix

Heat nan oven to 200C (180C fan)/390F/gas 6. Put nan trout fillets connected a mini lined baking tray, drizzle pinch half a tablespoonful of oliva oil, scatter complete a pinch of oversea brackish and apical each fillet pinch a portion of lemon. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until conscionable cooked through. (If you person an air-fryer, nan food will return 8 to 10 minutes.)

Meanwhile, bring a ample cookware of salted h2o to a boil, past navigator nan linguine according to nan packet instructions, until conscionable al dente. While nan pasta is boiling, get each nan remaining ingredients ready.

Drain nan pasta successful a colander, reserving a mugful of nan cooking water. Return nan quiet pasta cookware to nan hob connected a debased heat, adhd nan remaining 2 tablespoons of oliva oil, past fry nan garlic, chilli and citrus zest for conscionable 30 seconds.

Add nan grated courgette, fry for a minute, until conscionable starting to soften, past adhd nan drained pasta, dill, citrus juice and a spoon of salt. Stir good – location should beryllium capable liquid from nan courgette to shape a clinging sauce; if not, adhd a tablespoonful of nan reserved pasta water. Flake nan cooked trout successful ample pieces into nan linguine, past operation mildly to combine. Taste and set nan brackish arsenic needed.

Use tongs to disagreement nan pasta and trout evenly betwixt 2 warmed bowls, apical pinch nan conifer nuts and service hot.