GREEN PESTO SPAGHETTI WITH Grana Padano mint pangrattato

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Ingredients list - 

Pasta -

400g ’00’ flour (plus extra for dusting)

4 free range eggs

1/2 tsp salt

1tbsp olive oil

or 500g shop bought spaghetti 

Green Sauce -

large bunch of fresh basil 

small bunch of parsley 

bunch of mint - leaved picked from stalk and halved

4 tbsp flaked or whole almonds (soaked for an hour or overnight for extra smoothness although not essential)

2 cloves of garlic

5 anchovies (optional) or generous sprinkle of sea salt flakes

100g Grana Padano - finely grated

around 200ml extra virgin olive oil

zest of 1/2 lemon plus juice - use remaining zest to add to pangrattato

plenty of freshly ground black pepper

Minted Grana Padano Pangrattato -

1/2 bunch of mint

2 slices of stale bread- roughly chopped or coarsely blitzed

30g of finely grated Grana Padano

zest of half a lemon

several generous glugs of olive oil

YOU COULD make a slightly different pesto- with basil, mint, parsley and extra lemon zest for a more summery spin