Pasta with Avocado and Lemon Sauce Recipe
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.
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.