Avocado Pasta

By Stina

This healthy avocado pasta with no cream and no butter makes the perfect meal for on the fly or after a long day. In the recipe, we use finely grated garlic. To do this, we use a microplane. If you do not have a microplane, make sure you mince the garlic as finely as possible.

To see our tips for choosing, cutting and storing avocados, see our cook's note.

Ingredients

• 8 ounces pasta
• 1 cup avocado, about 1 large or 1 1/2 small avocados
• 1/4 teaspoon finely grated garlic
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 medium tomato
• 1 green onion, finely chopped

Details

Servings 2
Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 15mins
Adapted from inspiredtaste.net

Preparation

Step 1

Method
Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil then cook pasta according to package directions. Once cooked, reserve 1/2 cup of hot pasta water then drain pasta.
In the meantime, de-seed and dice the tomato then set aside. Next, add avocado to a large bowl and use a fork to mash into a paste (some chunks are fine). Add garlic, lemon juice, salt and a sprinkle of pepper then mix well. Taste for seasoning and add salt and/or pepper to taste.

Add cooked and drained pasta, 1/4 cup of the reserved pasta water and tomatoes to the avocado; toss. The avocado should turn into a thin sauce that coats the pasta, if you need to thin the sauce out slightly, add a little more pasta water then serve with green onions sprinkled on top.

Method

Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil then cook pasta according to package directions. Once cooked, reserve 1/2 cup of hot pasta water then drain pasta.
In the meantime, de-seed and dice the tomato then set aside. Next, add avocado to a large bowl and use a fork to mash into a paste (some chunks are fine). Add garlic, lemon juice, salt and a sprinkle of pepper then mix well. Taste for seasoning and add salt and/or pepper to taste.

Add cooked and drained pasta, 1/4 cup of the reserved pasta water and tomatoes to the avocado; toss. The avocado should turn into a thin sauce that coats the pasta, if you need to thin the sauce out slightly, add a little more pasta water then serve with green onions sprinkled on top.