2020-08-13 / test@t

Pesto pasta in 10 minutes

Blitz recipe for pasta originating from Liguria. It is known that the most delicious pasta comes with homemade pesto, made by the hands of a caring Italian mom. However, Russian mothers cook just as well!

Ingredients

450 g "Spaghetti No. 1" Rollton durum wheat
coarse salt
120 g pine nuts
120g fresh basil
1 clove of garlic
70-80 g of finely grated Parmesan cheese

STEP-BY-STEP COOKING RECIPE

Step 1

Cook the spaghetti in a large amount of boiling salted water, following the instructions on the package. Then drain the water from the pasta, 2 tbsp. save the broth.

Step 2

While the spaghetti is cooking, fry 2 tablespoons in a dry skillet. pine nuts. Shake the pan from time to time so that the nuts are fried evenly. It will take 2-3 minutes.

Step 3

Boil water in a large saucepan and dip the basil in it for 30 seconds. Then take it out with noise and put it in ice water so that it retains its color.

Step 4

Garlic, ½ tbsp salt and 70 g of pine nuts, grind in a blender until tender, creamy.

Step 5

Remove the basil from the water and squeeze it out with your hands (don't overdo it, a little water won't hurt the sauce). Add basil to a blender and grind it too - you should get a sauce with herbal crystals, not a homogeneous porridge.

Step 6

Add Parmesan to the sauce (leave 20-30 grams of cheese for serving) and beat with a blender too to mix everything well.

Step 7

Transfer to a large bowl and stir in the water left over from the pasta.

Step 8

Add spaghetti to pesto and stir. Arrange on bowls, sprinkle with toasted pine nuts and leftover Parmesan.

Cooking time

10m

Servings

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