Trenette al Pesto
Servings: 4
- 2 cup basil
- 2 tbsp pine nuts
- 6 garlic cloves
- 0.5 cup olive oil
- 0.75 cup parmesan
- 1 lemon juiced
- 12 oz pasta
- 1 potato
- green beans
- 20 cherry tomatoes
Instructions
- Toast the pine nuts (and if you'd like the garlic cloves as well)
- Combine basil, pine nuts & garlic in a food processor and process until very finely minced.
- With the machine running, slowly dribble in the oil and process until the mixture is smooth.
- Add the parmesan and lemon. Process very briefly, just long enough to combine.
- Stick the cherry tomatoes in an oven at 400. Leave until burst (10-15 min).
- Boil cubed potato, pasta and green beans (staggered).
- Reserve some pasta water.
- Combine everything together. Serve with more cheese.
Notes
Rough order of operations
- Potatoes first - Cook for 3-4 min
- Pasta second - Cook for 8-10 min
- Green beans last - Cook for 4-5 min
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