Feta and Grilled Vegetables with Pasta
Recipe Serves 4 people
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp oil, olive extra virgin
- 3 clove garlic finely chopped
- 1 chilli, red finely chopped
- 1 zucchini chopped into sticks
- 1 capsicum, red chopped into sticks
- 1 eggplant, Lebanese chopped into sticks
- 200 g pasta, spaghetti dry, high-fibre or wholemeal
- 1 lemon juiced and zest
- 320 g cheese, feta
- salt and pepper
- ½ bunch parsley, flat leaf, fresh roughly shredded
Instructions
- Bring a saucepan of water to the boil and cook the pasta, as per the packet directions until cooked through. Reserve some cooked pasta water in a cup, before draining the rest and set cooked pasta aside.
- Whilst pasta is cooking, add 1 tsp of olive oil in a fry pan over high heat. Add the vegetables to the pan in batches and cook for approx 2 minutes on two sides or until slightly charred. Remove from the heat and repeat with the remaining batches of vegetables. Set aside.
- Add ½ tbsp olive oil in the same pan over low heat. Add the garlic and chilli and cook for 2-3 minutes, don’t let it burn. Add the cooked vegetables, pasta and lemon juice. Toss to combine. Add some of the reserved cooked pasta water if the pasta is too dry.
- Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle generously with the feta cheese, parsley and pine nuts. Serve.
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