This simple pesto pasta salad is dressed with fresh basil pesto ... add 40g/1½oz toasted pine nuts and the garlic. Season with salt and pepper and whizz until roughly chopped.

Add the pine nuts, finely grate in the cheese and stir in 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Drain the peas and add them ... Carefully toss the pasta with the pesto, loosening with splashes ...

Cook the pasta in boiling water according to the package, this should be about 9-11 minutes depending on the shape of pasta ...

Toss two tablespoons of the pesto through the pasta and stir in the peas and the crumbled feta. Sprinkle with some cracked black pepper and the rest of the chopped nuts. Put the pasta on to boil ...

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