Dried spaghetti 240g Butter a knob Olive oil 6 tbsp Anchovies 6, finely sliced Garlic 3 cloves, peeled and crushed Chilli flakes 1 tsp Lemon 1, zested, half juiced, half wedged to garnish Dry white wine 100ml Frozen peas 150g Marsh samphire 150g Pea shoots to garnish Parsley to garnish

Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil. Add the spaghetti and cook as per packet instructions. While the spaghetti is cooking, place a large frying pan over a medium heat and melt a knob of butter with 2 tbsp of olive oil until bubbling. Add the anchovies, garlic, chilli and lemon zest and cook for 3 minutes, stirring regularly, until the anchovies melt into the oil. Deglaze the pan with the wine and lemon juice and reduce a little. Add the remaining olive oil. Once the spaghetti is cooked, use tongs to transfer it straight from the cooking water into the frying pan. The starchy water that transfers with it will help emulsify the sauce. Add the peas and samphire to the pan and season with black pepper. Mix well and remove from the heat. Garnish with the lemon wedge, pea shoots and parsley, and serve the samphire spaghetti immediately.

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Samphire spaghetti

Foraged marsh samphire is paired with anchovies, white wine and garlic in this speedy spaghetti dish

Added on February 15, 2022

Hannah Thomas, founder of Herbs & Wild in Wiltshire, shares her recipe for samphire spaghetti

www.herbsandwild.co.uk

Serves 4

You will need

Dried spaghetti 240g
Butter a knob
Olive oil 6 tbsp
Anchovies 6, finely sliced
Garlic 3 cloves, peeled and crushed
Chilli flakes 1 tsp
Lemon 1, zested, half juiced, half wedged to garnish
Dry white wine 100ml
Frozen peas 150g
Marsh samphire 150g
Pea shoots to garnish
Parsley to garnish

Method

Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil. Add the spaghetti and cook as per packet instructions.
While the spaghetti is cooking, place a large frying pan over a medium heat and melt a knob of butter with 2 tbsp of olive oil until bubbling. Add the anchovies, garlic, chilli and lemon zest and cook for 3 minutes, stirring regularly, until the anchovies melt into the oil.
Deglaze the pan with the wine and lemon juice and reduce a little. Add the remaining olive oil.
Once the spaghetti is cooked, use tongs to transfer it straight from the cooking water into the frying pan. The starchy water that transfers with it will help emulsify the sauce.
Add the peas and samphire to the pan and season with black pepper. Mix well and remove from the heat. Garnish with the lemon wedge, pea shoots and parsley, and serve the samphire spaghetti immediately.

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You will need

Dried spaghetti 240g
Butter a knob
Olive oil 6 tbsp
Anchovies 6, finely sliced
Garlic 3 cloves, peeled and crushed
Chilli flakes 1 tsp
Lemon 1, zested, half juiced, half wedged to garnish
Dry white wine 100ml
Frozen peas 150g
Marsh samphire 150g
Pea shoots to garnish
Parsley to garnish

Method

Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil. Add the spaghetti and cook as per packet instructions.
While the spaghetti is cooking, place a large frying pan over a medium heat and melt a knob of butter with 2 tbsp of olive oil until bubbling. Add the anchovies, garlic, chilli and lemon zest and cook for 3 minutes, stirring regularly, until the anchovies melt into the oil.
Deglaze the pan with the wine and lemon juice and reduce a little. Add the remaining olive oil.
Once the spaghetti is cooked, use tongs to transfer it straight from the cooking water into the frying pan. The starchy water that transfers with it will help emulsify the sauce.
Add the peas and samphire to the pan and season with black pepper. Mix well and remove from the heat. Garnish with the lemon wedge, pea shoots and parsley, and serve the samphire spaghetti immediately.

pasta, samphire

'Marsh samphire is one of my favourite ingredients to forage. A succulent, salty, nutritionally dense sea vegetable, it's delicious in a range of dishes,' says Hannah