Genovese pasta with pesto sauce recipe
Recipe for genovese pasta with pesto sauce in the vegetarian recipes category.
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil leaves
- 2 cloves garlic
- Pinch salt
- 1/2 cup pine kernels
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 pound spaghetti or tagliatelle, cooked and drained
- 2 tablespoons butter
Recipe method:
- Blend the basil leaves in a liquidizer.
- Add the crushed cloves of garlic and olive oil.
- Process for a few seconds.
- Gradually add the pine kernels and Parmesan cheese.
- Season remembering that Parmesan has a salty taste.
- The consistency should be thick and creamy.
- Melt the butter in the saucepan and reheat the cooked pasta.
- Remove from the heat and mix 2 tablespoons pesto with the pasta.
- Serve on individual plates with a spoonful of pesto on each helping.
- Parmesan can be added last.
- The pesto is never heated. It can be served at the table but make sure the pasta is hot.
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