Basil Pesto Pasta
Cold pesto tossed through hot pasta
- Time
- 20 min
- Serves
- 4
- Calories
- 475 kcal
- Protein
- 13 g
0:00 / 1:16
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Ingredients
Quantities for 4 servings.
Servings:(recipe makes 4)
Method
- 1Briefly boil basil 5 seconds, refresh in ice water, and wipe dry — that keeps the pesto vivid green.
- 2Blitz basil with nuts, garlic, parmesan, lemon juice, salt and olive oil to a coarse pesto.
- 3Boil pasta till just firm. Reserve 1 cup pasta water.
- 4Off heat, toss hot pasta with pesto and 3-4 tbsp pasta water till every piece is shiny. Never cook the pesto in the pan.
About this recipe
Use nutritional yeast in place of parmesan; the pesto is otherwise plant-based.
