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.
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.
Primavera means spring in Italian, and this dish makes the most of in-season broad beans, peas, asparagus and zucchini flowers.
From one of the 'pasta grannies', this makes the most of fresh spring aspragus.
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.
Asparagus, peas and snow peas star in this spring pasta dish from Ina Garten.
Peas and leeks are both in season in spring, and here Adam Liaw pairs them with homemade, buttery pan-fried gnocchi.
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.
Guillaume Brahimi makes this recipe with an Italian nonna when visiting northwest Italy.
Mark Olive gives pesto a bush foods twist, making his with warrigal greens, sorrel leaves, ground saltbush and ground mountain pepper leaf.
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.
SPRING STARS
Zucchini and feta spring salad
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