9 summer pasta with mint and Recipes

tomatoes (imperfect or overripe ok), olive oil, salt, sugar, salt , to taste, pasta (farfalle, penne or fusilli), garlic cloves, finely minced and mashed, butter, extra virgin olive oil, ears corn, raw if very fresh or lightly steamed, cherries (preferably low-acid orange or yellow, halved or quartered) or 2 pints grape tomatoes (preferably low-acid orange or yellow, halved or quartered), fresh mozzarella cheese, diced, grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese, mixed herbs , torn into small pieces (mostly basil, with summer savory, parsley, orange mint and purple basil, whatever is available)

spaghetti, frozen peas, olive oil, lemon juice, coarse grain mustard, mint, fresh, roughly chopped

egg yolks, parmesan cheese, plus extra for serving, zest and juice of 2 lemons, a small bunch of fresh basil, fresh lasagne sheets, thawed if frozen, pancetta, garlic, fennel seeds, x 5-oz package prewashed arugula and/or watrecress, a small bunch of fresh mint, a small bunch of fresh tarragon, a large handful of red, green , or mixed grapes, balsamic vinegar, lemon, olive oil, extra virgin olive oil, sea salt & black pepper, ready-to-use pie shells (or 1 x 9-inch ready-made shell), soup spoons raspberry jam, x 15-oz can pear halves in natural juice, fresh lemon thyme, superfine sugar, egg whites, vanilla paste or extract, good-quality vanilla ice cream, to serve

rotini pasta or 1 lb campanelle pasta, ricotta cheese , part-skim, feta cheese, crumbled, lemon peel, freshly grated, salt, pepper, freshly ground, fresh parsley leaves, chopped, fresh mint leaves, chopped, fresh basil leaf, chopped, tomatoes

tomatoes (ripe, halved or quartered if small, diced if large), mozzarella cheese, diced (optional), oil-cured olives (optional) or 2/3 cup kalamata olives (pitted and halved, optional) or 1/2 cup green olives (pitted and chopped) (optional) or 3 tbsp capers (optional), fresh herb (chopped , including basil, parsley, mint, chives, cilantro, scallion tops or a combination, more for ), lemon , freshly grated zest of (optional), extra virgin olive oil, black pepper, freshly ground, pasta (short , like fusilli, farfalle or penne), hot red pepper flakes (optional), pine nuts (toasted ) (optional)

orecchiette (little ear-shaped pasta), bacon, chopped, shallots, trimmed, quartered, sugar snap peas (about 8 oz), pea tendrils, frozen baby peas, thawed, sliced fresh mint, shaved parmesan cheese, shaved parmesan cheese

fusilli (short twisted spaghetti), olive oil, diced yellow squash (about 1 lb), sliced red onion, diced red bell pepper, sliced carrot, garlic cloves, minced, diced seeded tomato, chopped fresh parsley, chopped fresh mint, chopped fresh or 1 tsp dried thyme, salt, black pepper