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Pasta al Pesto

Name: Pasta al Pesto
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 180 g wheat pasta; 40 g fresh basil; 50 ml olive oil; 35 g Parmesan or Pecorino-style cheese; 25 g pine nuts; 1 garlic clove; 3 g fine salt

Wheat pasta tossed with a basil pesto-style sauce, with a classic cheese and pine nut version plus a vegan tree-nut-free version using sunflower seeds.

Italian
22 min total time
2 base servings

Country

Italy

Cuisine

Italian

Servings

2 servings

Prep

10 min

Cook

12 min

Total

22 min

Makes 2 bowls of pasta, enough for 2 servings.

Scale pasta and sauce ingredients together, then loosen the pesto with a splash of pasta cooking water as needed.

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Servings

Adapted for 2 servings

Version

Active version: Classic

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Ingredients

180 g wheat pasta Contains gluten.
40 g fresh basil
50 ml olive oil
35 g Parmesan or Pecorino-style cheese Contains milk and lactose.
25 g pine nuts Treated as tree nuts for this recipe.
1 garlic clove
3 g fine salt

Pot

Cook the pasta
Boil the wheat pasta in salted water until just tender, reserving a little cooking water before draining.

Preparation

Blend the sauce
For classic pesto, blend basil, olive oil, cheese, pine nuts, garlic and salt. For vegan pesto, use sunflower seeds and optional nutritional yeast instead of cheese and pine nuts.
Loosen
Add a spoonful of pasta cooking water to the sauce if it needs to loosen.
Toss
Return the pasta to the warm pan off the heat and toss with the pesto until evenly coated.
Serve
Serve immediately, adding any extra cheese only to the classic version.

Frequently asked questions

Does pasta al pesto contain gluten?

Yes. Both current versions use wheat pasta, so there is no gluten-free compatible version yet.

Which version should I choose if I avoid lactose, milk protein or tree nuts?

Choose the vegan version. It uses sunflower seeds instead of pine nuts and leaves out the cheese.

Is the vegan version traditional pesto?

No. It is an adapted pesto-style version that keeps basil, garlic, olive oil and pasta while removing dairy and tree nuts.

Can I change the number of servings?

Yes. Use the Recipyx servings buttons and the pasta and sauce ingredients will scale.

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Version

Contains

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