Creamy fish pasta with spinach & courgettes

Creamy fish pasta with spinach & courgettes

There’s a warning here… I’ve broken all rules and added double cream into the sauce. This is such a quick and easy recipe that I have wanted to share with you, and a great one for getting all the family to eat fish, so I had to just go for it. Nothing substitutes cream here, as it’s needed to thicken the sauce as when you boil double cream, it thickens, and even more so when you add lemon juice. So this time round cream it is. Lap it up and don’t feel guilty. Life is about balance right? And there’s still plenty of calcium in there.

Begin by preparing the water for the pasta. Fill a large saucepan with water, put a lid on and bring it to the boil ready to cook the pasta.

While it is coming to the boil, heat the rapeseed oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and add the onions and courgettes. Cook slowly until they start turning golden brown at the edges. This will take up to 10 minutes. Add the garlic, stir, and cook for 2 minutes.

Add the wine to the onions and courgettes. Turn up the heat and let it reduce until the wine has almost disappeared.

Next add the cream, mustard and lemon juice to the wine and bring it back to the boil. Simmer for 1 minute. Add the fish and spinach, and stir and cook over a medium heat for 5 minutes, or until flaky.

Meanwhile, add the pasta to the boiling water. Cook for 10 minutes or as per the packets instructions, drain and leave to the side.

Season well with salt and pepper. Serve with a bowlful of pasta and lashings of creamy sauce and a couple of lemon wedges.

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