Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, basil pesto pasta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Basil Pesto Pasta is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Basil Pesto Pasta is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Skip the store-bought sauces and whip up a fast and fresh recipe for the best basil pesto perfect for serving with your favorite noodles. Penne pasta is tossed with basil pesto, mozzarella pearls, cherry tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, and black olives for a colorful and delicious pasta salad. While the machine is running, drizzle in the oil through the feed tube, stopping occasionally to scrape down the sides.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have basil pesto pasta using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Basil Pesto Pasta:
- Get Fresh Basil (packed)
- Make ready Garlic
- Make ready Pignoli Nuts (pine nuts)
- Get olive oil, extra virgin
- Get Salt & Pepper
- Make ready parmesan cheese
- Get thin spaghetti
- Get boiling water (pasta water)
Let's chat about the ingredients used in this basil pesto recipe, as well as possible substitutions. As always, the quality of ingredients used to make this pesto sauce will determine the quality of the final product! Which pasta is best with pesto? Busy weeknights call for simple recipes that can be pulled together in a flash, and nothing's simpler than a basic, homemade basil pesto pasta recipe that even a kid can make and clean up after too.
Instructions to make Basil Pesto Pasta:
- Blend Garlic Cloves and Pignoli nuts in food processor
- Add 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil and 1 cup packed basil, blend.
- When smooth, add remaining olive oil and basil and blend.
- When completely blended smooth, transfer pesto into medium sized bowl and add Parmesan Cheese, Salt & pepper to taste. Mix until smooth.
- For best results: When pasta is finished cooking, pour hot water into a small bowl. Strain pasta, return to pot with hot water (about a cup) and mix. Then add pesto sauce and finish mixing until desired consistency.
- Enjoy !! 😋🍴
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