Take yourself to Italy with these spring pasta recipes

These fresh bowls make the most of seasonal produce, with green vegetables playing a starring role.

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When you have fresh spring vegetables on hand, there's very little you need to do to concot delicious meals. And pasta with spring veg is a match made in heaven! Hero produce such as asparagus, snow peas and broad beans with these seasonal pasta recipes - perfect for quick weeknights, and weekend entertaining alike.

Spring vegetable penne with pea pesto

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This fresh, quick recipe is brimming with fresh flavour, from the zucchini, asparagus and broad beans mixed in with the pasta to the peas, basil and mint in the pesto.

Pasta primavera

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Primavera means spring in Italian, and this dish makes the most of in-season broad beans, peas, asparagus and zucchini flowers.

Sperandina’s asparagus lasagna from Le Marche (lasagna con asparagi)

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From one of the 'pasta grannies', this makes the most of fresh spring aspragus.

Grilled vegetable pasta primavera

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Adam Liaw gives a modern spin to this dish by grilling, rather than boiling the vegetables – which adds a smoky, caramelised flavour to the sauce.

Spring green spaghetti carbonara

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Asparagus, peas and snow peas star in this spring pasta dish from Ina Garten.

Gnocchi with leeks and peas

Peas and leeks are both in season in spring, and here Adam Liaw pairs them with homemade, buttery pan-fried gnocchi.

'Green bits' pasta

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This recipe is a great way to use up whatever green veg you have on hand, from fresh or frozen peas to broccolini and asparagus.

Ricotta and silverbeet agnolotti with sage beurre noisette

Ricotta and silverbeet agnolotti with sage beurre noisette. Credit: Plat du Tour

Guillaume Brahimi makes this recipe with an Italian nonna when visiting northwest Italy.

Fresh pasta with warrigal pesto

Fresh pasta with warrigal pesto Credit: On Country Kitchen

Mark Olive gives pesto a bush foods twist, making his with warrigal greens, sorrel leaves, ground saltbush and ground mountain pepper leaf.

Risoni with broad beans and crisp prosciutto

Risoni with broad beans and crisp prosciutto Credit: Sharyn Cairns

This is a melody of textures, with soft risoni paired with fresh broad beans, shredded ice-berg lettuce and crisp prosciutto.

Find more seasonal inspiration in SBS Food's Spring recipe collection.