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Ingredients

• 1 red onion (sliced)
• 1 small celery stalk (diced)
• 1 clove of garlic (sliced)
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 small courgettes (halved lengthways and sliced into crescents)
• 150 grams cooked cannellini beans with their juice
• 400 millilitres stock (vegetable or chicken is fine)
• 100 grams small frozen peas
• sea salt
• a handful of parsley (roughly chopped)
• zest and juice of 1 small lemon
• 15 grams Parmesan or pecorino cheese (grated)
• extra virgin olive oil (to serve)
• dried chilli flakes (optional, to serve)