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Summery spaghetti

When the weather is too glorious to spend hours cooking, a spaghetti dinner is your best friend. A handful of summery ingredients – courgettes, cherry tomatoes, herbs, a bit of cheese – is all you need to dress it up.
Pasta with almond, basil and pecorino pesto (pesto alla Trapanese)
by Rick Stein

Homemade pesto is such a treat. This version comes from Trapani in Sicily, and uses almonds and tomatoes instead of pine nuts.

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Spaghetti with garlic and chilli

by Anna Del Conte
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Air fryer meatballs with cherry tomato sauce

by Philippa Davis
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Courgette pasta

by Liberty Fennell
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Spaghetti all'arrabbiata

by Gino D'Acampo
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Tinned mackerel spaghetti with lemon chilli breadcrumbs

by Rachel Phipps
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Prawn spaghetti

by Justine Pattison
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Spaghetti puttanesca

by Tom Kerridge
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Smoked salmon pasta

by Izy Hossack
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Foolproof spaghetti carbonara

by Danilo Cortellini
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Pea and pesto spaghetti

by Mary Berry
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Quick vegetable pasta

by Justine Pattison
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Spaghetti all’amatriciana

by Theo Randall
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Veggie puttanesca

by Justine Pattison
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Pistou linguine

by Mary Berry
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Chargrilled broccoli pasta with chilli and garlic

by Rebecca Sargent
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Sicilian pasta con pangrattato

by Portia Spooner
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Crab and courgette pasta

by Hattie Ellis
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Sicilian pasta with tomatoes, garlic and almonds

by Nigella Lawson
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One-pot easy chorizo pasta

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