Courgette, lemon and basil pasta from Solo by Signe Johansen

Ingredients

• 100 g spaghetti or linguine (or pasta of choice)
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Parmesan cheese, grated, to serve
• leaves from a few sprigs of basil
• grated zest and juice of ½ small unwaxed lemon
• 2 tbsp pine nuts, toasted, to serve
• 1 courgette, roughly grated or chopped
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 banana shallot or 2–3 smaller shallots, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• a pinch of chilli flakes