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Pesto pasta

Serves 4
20 minutes
Difficulty Easy
8 Ingredients

Looking for a quick mid week meal? You can’t go past this pesto pasta recipe!

Ingredients (serves 4)

1 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
4 cloves garlic
1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish
5 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp butter
375 pasta spaghetti (or any preferred pasta)
salt and pepper to taste

Method

Combine basil, pine nuts, garlic, parmesan in food processor. When well combined, gradually add olive oil in a gentle stream with motor still running.
Cook pasta according to packet instructions. Drain water off the pot, leaving approximately 1/4 cup water with pasta.
Add butter and pesto to pasta while pot is still hot. Combine well. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot with parmesan cheese garnish on top.

15 Comments
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- - mom112023 said
  - 29 Apr 2017
    1:07 pm
Ohh yes. Love pesto and love pasta. The dish for me. Thanks for the recipe.

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- - stacey said
  - 25 Jun 2016
    9:37 am
Yumm. So easy I must give this a go once ive got my basil plants growing

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- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 29 May 2016
    10:28 am
wow never thought of pesto pasta made this way
thank you xx

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- - rachelvk said
  - 15 Apr 2016
    4:13 pm
Pesto is so easy and versatile. A great recipe!

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- - serotonin said
  - 14 Apr 2016
    9:30 am
Mmm nice and simple yet so delicious! Thanks for sharing!

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- - lizgh said
  - 11 Apr 2016
    3:06 am
This looks AMAZING!! I will be sure to get all the needed ingredients the next time I am at the store and give it a try. Thanks for sharing!

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- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    12:39 pm
This is on my list to try this week for dinner!

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- - Some_Toss said
  - 09 Apr 2016
    7:59 pm
Thank you so much for sharing! This looks wonderful! I can’t wait to try it!

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- - Nas01 said
  - 09 Apr 2016
    1:25 am
This looks amazing. I’m so hungry just looking at it.

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- - readingwishes said
  - 08 Apr 2016
    12:34 am
Love pesto pasta. Eggplant in the oven also makes a lovely addition, as some zucchini and carrot cooked in ghee/coconut oil in the pan – great to add more veggies AND it tastes amazing.

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- - coastalkaryn said
  - 07 Apr 2016
    8:15 am
a great crowd pleaser, and stand by meal… yum

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- - mom93821 said
  - 06 Apr 2016
    7:27 pm
Pesto pasta looks perfectly divine!

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- - mom90758 said
  - 06 Apr 2016
    2:00 pm
I love pasta with pesto. Sometimes I add some cherry tomatoes and they taste quite good together.
- mom93821 replied
  
  08 Apr 2016 , 5:35 am
  A big yes! to the cherry tomatoes!
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- - mom112217 said
  - 06 Apr 2016
    9:55 am
The pesto pasta look’s fantastic,will add the ingredients to my shopping list! Thanks so much!

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