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Pesto Courgettes + Chickpeas

This is a brilliant recipe for when you’re running out of ideas for a courgette glut. It’s super summery and comes together very easily with minimal ingredients. You can even buy a good quality pesto if you don’t want to make it yourself. As there are so few ingredients, try to get the best you can, especially the chickpeas!


Feeds: 3-4
Takes: 35 minutes
Ve* G

Ingredients

3 large courgettes (around 500g), roughly chopped into uneven, 1 inch chunks (A mixture of colours is ideal, but not essential)

2 tbsp olive oil

1 jar Queen Chickpeas, drained

For the Pesto

1 large bunch basil (roughly 30g), leaves only, roughly torn

½ fat garlic clove

2 tbsp pine nuts

40g parmesan, finely grated

150ml olive oil

Juice of ½ lemon

Substitutions

Homemade pesto - about 3 tbsp of good quality shop-bought pesto

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Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 190C. Tumble the courgettes onto a roasting tray and drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and roast for around 30 minutes, turning halfway, until the courgettes are just and starting to catch at the edges. The uneven chunks will help some of the sides catch slightly in the oven.

2

Meanwhile, make the pesto. In a pestle and mortar, grind the basil leaves with the salt into a smooth-ish paste. Then add the pine nuts and parmesan and continue to grind until you have a very thick paste. Don’t worry if you still have a couple of whole pine nuts. Drizzle in the olive oil slowly, mixing as you go, until you have the pesto-like consistency you’re after (you might not need all of the olive oil). Finish with lemon juice to taste.

3

To assemble, place the roasted courgettes and the chickpeas in a large bowl and mix in the pesto. Tip out onto a large plate to serve and finish with a final drizzle of olive oil.

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