COURGETTE, CHILLI AND SMOKED MUSSEL SPAGHETTI

This is such a deliciously light pasta, with a beautiful combination of flavours.

Prep:
10 MINS
Cook:
15 MINS
Serves:
4

Ingredients

1 packet La molisana dried spaghetti

1 packet smoked mussels

2-3 courgettes peeled into long ribbons using a mandolin or potato peeler

2 teaspoons dried chilli flakes

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1/2 teaspoonSalt

Extra virgin olive oil

Fresh rocket leaves

Method

Cook the pasta to the packet instructions

While cooking, halve the mussels lengthwise retaining all the oil from the packet

Drain the pasta well and put it back into the pot

Add the mussels, courgette, chilli flakes, salt and pepper, and mix well adding extra virgin olive oil as needed.

Mix through the rocket leaves and serve with an extra drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.