Five Ingredients

Courgetti, Roasted Garlic and Smoked Paprika

Serves: 4

Deliciously crunchy and wonderfully colourful, this totally veggie recipe is just as good as an appetiser or as a side dish for a main course of grains or with a beautiful vegetable bruschetta.

• 6 courgettes (approx. 1.2 kg/2.6 lb)
• 1 large head of garlic
• 5 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• Salt, pepper

1 Detach the garlic cloves without peeling them and place in a small ovenproof dish. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and cook for about 20 minutes at 210°C/410°F/Gas 6-7. Leave to cool.

2 Prepare the courgetti: wash the courgettes and cut them into spaghetti. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a wok or the same sort of pan, put in the courgetti, season with salt and pepper and stir-fry for a minute and a half, then leave to soften for 3 minutes off the heat.

In the meantime, peel the garlic cloves, mash 6 of them with a fork with the