Basil Pesto Pasta
Basil Pesto Pasta

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, basil pesto pasta. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook basil pesto pasta using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Basil Pesto Pasta:
  1. Prepare 1/3 cup pistachios
  2. Make ready 2 garlic cloves
  3. Prepare Juice of 1 lemon
  4. Make ready About 2 bunches of basil
  5. Get 3/4 cup Parmesan
  6. Prepare 3/4 cup olive oil
  7. Make ready Salt
  8. Take 12 oz. any sort of pasta
  9. Make ready 2 tbsp butter
Instructions to make Basil Pesto Pasta:
  1. Using a food processor, blitz the garlic and pistachios together. Then, mix in the cheese.
  2. After everything has mixed together well, place all the basil and salt in the food processor.
  3. Squeeze lemon juice into the food processor before blending in basil.
  4. With the motor running, slowly pour in the olive oil until pesto becomes smooth. Season with salt to taste
  5. Cook pasta in a pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain water after cooked, reserving 1/2 cup of the pasta water.
  6. 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.
  7. 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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