Creamy pasta with asparagus & peas

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Ingredients

250g fusilli or your favourite pasta shape

300g asparagus spear , woody ends removed, cut into lengths

175g frozen pea

zest and juice ½ lemon

100g soft cheese with chives

Method

Cook the pasta following the pack instructions. Two minutes before the end of the cooking time, add the asparagus and peas. Boil everything together for the final 2 mins, then scoop out and reserve a cup of the cooking liquid from the pan before draining the pasta and veg.

Return the pasta and veg to the pan and add the lemon zest, soft cheese and seasoning. Add a squeeze of lemon juice to taste and stir in 2-3 tbsp of the cooking liquid to loosen the sauce.