Pasta with Avocado and Lemon Sauce Recipe

Summary

Servings4CuisineAmerican
Main IngredientPasta

Ingredients

 
225 g (1/2 lb) large pasta shells
 
salt and pepper
 
50 ml (2 fl oz) (1/4 cup) oil and vinegar dressing
 
1 large ripe avocado pear
 
juice and grated rind 1 lemon
 
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
 
10 g (2 teaspoons) sugar
 
45-60 ml (3-4 tablespoons) stock or milk
 
4 spring onions (scallions), chopped
 
10 g (2 tablespoons) chopped parsley

Directions

1 Cook the pasta shells in boiling seasoned water until tender. Drain thoroughly and, while still warm, toss lightly in the oil and vinegar dressing.
2 Cut the avocado pear in half, discard the stone and scoop out the flesh. Mix the avocado flesh with the lemon juice, lemon rind, salt and pepper, garlic, sugar and stock or milk and then blend until smooth either in an electric blender or by pushing the mixture through a sieve.
3 Stir in the spring onions (scallions) and parsley, and then stir the avocado arid lemon sauce into the pasta.
4 Serve as an appetizer or an accompaniment to cold meat.

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