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Basil Pesto Pasta Recipe
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have basil pesto pasta using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Basil Pesto Pasta:
- Prepare 1/3 cup pistachios
- Get 2 garlic cloves
- Prepare Juice of 1 lemon
- Prepare About 2 bunches of basil
- Get 3/4 cup Parmesan
- Get 3/4 cup olive oil
- Get Salt
- Get 12 oz. any sort of pasta
- Make ready 2 tbsp butter
Instructions to make Basil Pesto Pasta:
- Using a food processor, blitz the garlic and pistachios together. Then, mix in the cheese.
- After everything has mixed together well, place all the basil and salt in the food processor.
- Squeeze lemon juice into the food processor before blending in basil.
- With the motor running, slowly pour in the olive oil until pesto becomes smooth. Season with salt to taste
- Cook pasta in a pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain water after cooked, reserving 1/2 cup of the pasta water.
- Place pesto and butter cut into cubes in a large bowl. Add pasta into the bowl and mix and incorporate until the pesto costs the pasta. While mixing, gradually add in 1/4 cup of the salted pasta water to make the pesto smoother.
- Use tongs and toss pasta and continue to add more pasta water if necessary. Continue mixing until pasta is evenly and well coated. Season with salt before serving.
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