Spaghetti With Young Broad Beans And Goat Cheese

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 12 ounces broad beans
• 10 ounces spaghetti
• 4 ounces goat cheese, crumbled
• 4 ounces water
• 1 small garlic clove, finely chopped
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper

Recipe

• 1 remove the broad beans from their pods and wash them.
• 2 place broad beans in a small pot, pour water over them and cook for about 15 minutes when done, drain broad beans and save 4 ounces water from cooking.
• 3 peel broad beans from firm skin (using fingertips just press them out). smash broad beans using fork, but be careful not to oversmash them. leave aside.
• 4 in a bowl, combine olive oil, water from cooking, salt, pepper, crumbled goat cheese and finely grated garlic. mix with smashed broad beans until combined. if necessary, add more olive oil.
• 5 in a separate pot, cook spaghetti al dente in a generous amount of water and salt. when done, drain spaghetti from water.
• 6 combine spaghetti with pesto and serve warm topped with crumbled goat cheese (optional).