Pesto Pasta
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Difficulty: Simple recipe
Recipe yield: 4 servings
Italian Food Recipes
Pesto pasta – a Italian cuisine recipe, Italy there are a lot of varieties of pasta. Any pasta or spaghetti is suitable for this recipe, the main thing is that you like them. The recipe is very simple, and what else is needed for lunch or dinner, although, probably, there isn’t enough good white wine and that’s all, the taste of Italy is on your table.
Pesto pasta ingredients
- Pasta 500 g
- Parmesan cheese 100-150 g
- Olive oil 1-2 tbsp
- For pesto sauce
- Basil 2-3 twigs
- Garlic 3-4 cloves
- Pine nuts 1-2 tbsp
- Parmesan cheese 1 tbsp
- Olive oil 2-3 tbsp
Pesto pasta recipe
To make a Italian cuisine recipe pesto pasta, you must first make a pesto sauce. Grate basil leaves with salt and garlic in a mortar. Then add pine nuts and grate again. Then pour the grated Parmesan on a fine grater, grind, pour in olive oil and mix well.
Pour water into a deep pan. There should be plenty of water for the paste, it should practically dance in boiling water. When the water boils, add salt, mix and pour the pasta. So that the pasta does not stick together, sometimes olive or any other vegetable oil is added to the water, literally 1-2 tbsp. When the pasta is cooked, drain the water, and leave the pasta in the pan. Put the pasta pan on a slow fire and dry slightly. After mixing the pasta with pesto and put everything on a plate. Sprinkle pesto pasta grated parmesan, drizzle with olive oil and serve hot.
