Quick and Easy Smoked Chicken Pasta

This pasta recipe is a firm favourite with every one who tries it. My dad had it in a restaurant in London many years ago and when he came home he said he had to make up his own version. This pasta is affectionately known as "Peter's Perfect Pasta". Its our go to pasta when ever I'm having lots of friends over. Its super quick simple and absolutely delish!!! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Peter's Perfect Pasta

Ingredients: Serves 4

• 500g Penne Pasta
• 8 spring onions
• 5 rounds of feta cheese
• 3 smoked chicken breasts
• 100g flaked almonds (lightly toasted)
• Juice and zest of 1 un-waxed lemon
• Olive oil

Ingredients

 Method:

1. Bring a pot of salted water to the boil.
2. Slice the smoked chicken, toast the almonds, crumble the feta cheese, finely chop the spring onions and zest the lemons.
3. When the water is boiling add the pasta and cook as per instructions.
4. When the pasta is cooked drain it in a collinder and put it into a big bowl.
5. Toss in the lemon zest and few squeezes of the juice and a few glugs of extra virgin olive oil with the pasta.
6. Add the chicken, feta, spring onions and lastly the almonds.
7. Then toss together and enjoy with good company.

Delishhhh...

This recipe serves four easily with enough left over’s for lunch the next day.