Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for golden garlic and lemon

This flavourful pasta dish is a perfect example that sometimes simple is best

One of my favourite Italian restaurants in London is Trullo. My husband and I started going there when we first got together, and I’d always order the golden garlic and lemon pici. When they didn’t have it on the menu, I’d write notes for the waiter to give to the chefs, begging them to put it back on, because it was all I wanted to eat. It’s creamy, zingy and fresh, and a death row meal for me. This isn’t that recipe, but it has all the same qualities and is inspired by the many happy plates of pici I’ve eaten at Trullo over the years.

Meera Sodha’s new book, Dinner: 120 Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes for the Most Important Meal of the Day, is published on August 1 by Fig Tree at £27. To order a copy for £23.76, go to guardianbookshop.com

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