Italian

Pesto Pasta

Name: Pesto Pasta
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: Spaghetti; Fresh basil; Pine nuts; Parmesan; Garlic; Olive oil

A fast basil pesto pasta with pine nuts, parmesan, garlic, and glossy olive oil.

Instructions

1
Cook pasta in salted water until al dente.
2
Blend basil, pine nuts, parmesan, garlic, and olive oil.
3
Reserve pasta water before draining.
4
Toss pasta with pesto and a splash of pasta water.
5
Serve with extra parmesan.

Tips

Do not heat pesto hard; toss it off the heat.

Use pasta water to make the sauce silky.

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Italy

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22 minutes

Pesto Pasta

A fast basil pesto pasta with pine nuts, parmesan, garlic, and glossy olive oil.

Ingredients

Spaghetti

Fresh basil

Pine nuts

Parmesan

Garlic

Olive oil

Hand-drawn steps

Cook pasta in salted water until al dente.

Blend basil, pine nuts, parmesan, garlic, and olive oil.

Reserve pasta water before draining.

Toss pasta with pesto and a splash of pasta water.

Serve with extra parmesan.

Tiny tips

Do not heat pesto hard; toss it off the heat.

Use pasta water to make the sauce silky.

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