Spelt Spaghetti with Spicy Sesame Mushrooms
Recipe from Nigella · original post · full recipe on nigella.com
Spelt spaghetti tossed with chestnut mushrooms in a soy, sesame, chilli and lemon sauce. Soba noodles work too, and leftovers make a cold noodle salad for lunch.
Serves 2 25 min
VeganDairy freePastaSpicy
Ingredients
- vegetable oil15 ml
- spring onions — about 4, finely chopped60 g
- chestnut mushrooms — sliced300 g
- sesame seeds — 2 tsp5.6 g
- garlic — 2 cloves; peeled and minced10 g
- soy sauce30 ml
- toasted sesame oil — 2 tsp10 ml
- dried chilli flakes0.25 tsp
- unwaxed lemon — zested and 15 ml juice squeezed0.5 ea
- spelt spaghetti200 g
- flat-leaf parsley — finely chopped25 g
Method
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Gluten-free
Gluten-Free Spaghetti with Spicy Sesame Mushrooms
- 30 ml Tamari instead of soy sauce
- 200 g Gluten-free spaghetti instead of spelt spaghetti
Cook the gluten-free spaghetti for the time on the pack and toss it into the sauce straight away with a little more pasta water, as it absorbs more.
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
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What it costs, and where to buy it
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Sainsbury's£2.78
for your meals
No price at Sainsbury's:
- dried chilli flakes
- spelt spaghetti
TescoBest choice£2.97
for your meals
£0.15 less over the 8 items both stores stock
No price at Tesco:
- spelt spaghetti
- flat-leaf parsley
Morrisons£3.52
for your meals
No price at Morrisons:
- vegetable oil
- spring onions
- spelt spaghetti
Aldi UK£4.24
for your meals
No price at Aldi UK:
- toasted sesame oil
- dried chilli flakes
- spelt spaghetti
Asda£2.12
for your meals
No price at Asda:
- toasted sesame oil
- dried chilli flakes
- spelt spaghetti
- flat-leaf parsley
£1.39a serve
from £1.39 a serve at Sainsbury's · 9 of 11 ingredients priced
About £2.78 of ingredients used for 2 serves.
£10.13 at Tesco · 9 of 10 items
Sainsbury's£2.78
missing 2 items
you'll pay £9.87 · 72% of it spare
TescoBest choice£2.97
missing 2 items
you'll pay £10.13 · 71% of it spare
Morrisons£3.52
missing 3 items
you'll pay £10.26 · 66% of it spare
Aldi UK£4.24
missing 3 items
you'll pay £7.18 · 41% of it spare
Asda£2.12
missing 4 items
you'll pay £8.69 · 76% of it spare
Buy at Tesco£10.13
vegetable oil
£1.45/L
need 15 mlTesco Pure Vegetable Oil litre 1 L£1.45closest match
Tesco£1.45/L£1.45·Sainsbury's£1.45/L£1.45·Aldi UK£1.45·Asda£2.25/L£2.25·MorrisonsN/A·
OcadoN/A
spring onions
£6.50/kg
need 60 gTesco Bunched Spring Onions each 100 g£0.65closest match
Tesco£6.50/kg£0.65·Sainsbury's£0.65/ea£0.65·Aldi UK£0.65·Asda£6.56/kg£0.82·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
chestnut mushrooms
£4.12/kg
need 300 gTesco Standard 485 g£2.00closest match
Tesco£4.12/kg£2.00·Sainsbury's£3.50/kg£1.05·Morrisons£1.50·Aldi UK£0.95·Asda£4.28/kg£1.07·OcadoN/A
sesame seeds
£12.00/kg
need 5.6 gTesco Sesame Seeds 100 g£1.20
Tesco£12.00/kg£1.20·Morrisons£1.13·Aldi UK£20.00/kg£0.85·Sainsbury's£19.00/kg£0.95·Asda£10.80/kg£1.08·OcadoN/A
garlic
~£8.33/kg
need 10 gTesco Standard 60.02 g£0.50closest match
Tesco~£8.33/kg£0.50·Aldi UK~£6.50/kg£0.39·Asda~£7.17/kg£0.43·Sainsbury's~£8.33/kg£0.50·Morrisons£1.50·OcadoN/A
soy sauce
£3.67/L
need 30 mlTesco Dark Soy Sauce 150 ml£0.55closest match
Tesco£3.67/L£0.55·Aldi UK£0.55·Asda£3.80/L£0.57·Morrisons£0.90·Sainsbury's£13.75/L£1.65·OcadoN/A
toasted sesame oil
£10.60/L
need 10 mlTesco Toasted Sesame Oil 250 ml£2.65
Tesco£10.60/L£2.65·Sainsbury's£11.00/L£2.75·Morrisons£2.65·Aldi UKN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
dried chilli flakes
£27.03/kg
need 0.25 tspTesco Chipotle Chilli Flakes 37G£1.00closest match
Tesco£27.03/kg£1.00·Morrisons£1.09·Aldi UKN/A·Sainsbury'sN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
unwaxed lemon
£0.37/ea
need 0.5 itemsTesco Lemons Each 1 1 item£0.37closest match
Tesco£0.37/ea£0.37·Aldi UK£0.22/ea£0.89·Sainsbury's£0.37/ea£0.37·Morrisons£0.89·Asda£0.35/ea£1.40·OcadoN/A
Not stocked at Tesco — buy these elsewhere
flat-leaf parsley
£16.67/kg
need 25 gSainsbury's Fresh Packed Flat Leaf Parsley 30 g£0.50at Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's£16.67/kg£0.50·Aldi UK£16.67/kg£0.50·Morrisons£0.60·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Not priced
- spelt spaghetti · 200 g