Pesto Pasta Recipe

Classic Italian pasta with homemade pesto sauce | Pesto sauce pasta | Lunch-dinner recipe | Weekend dinners | Tiffin recipe | Party recipe
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Recipe / food styling / photography by - Sunayana Gupta





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Pesto pasta is one of those last minute recipes that I look for whenever crave for something quick, easy and comforting. To me it is like cooking a whole new dish under 15 minutes and an excellent Sunday brunch is ready to be served.

The hero of this classic Italian dish is ‘Homemade Pesto Sauce’ which is made with basil, pine nuts and olive oil. However this time I didn’t had pine nuts in my pantry, hence opted for walnuts instead and it worked great with my dish. This pesto sauce is so delicious that you might want to make it in large batches and store in air tight containers in refrigerator for instant use. Just toss your boiled pasta with 1-2 tablespoon of this pesto sauce and there you are with a divine bowl of Italian pesto pasta. The best part, this pesto pasta tastes great both hot and cold ways ….and yes you can throw in whatever veggies like carrots, broccoli, mushrooms and more. I have made this dish with spiral pasta but you can opt for any variety like fusilli, penne, macaroni or noodles.



*Make your Sunday brunch ravishing and comforting. Serve this pesto pasta with spicy cashew nuts and giant glasses of cold coffee.

*For small get together at home, you can pair this pesto pasta with grilled potato wedges, garlic bread or baked bread fries. Do not miss to team with some assorted dips like yogurt dip or Italian tomato salsa.

*Since pesto pasta can also be served cold, hence you can pack this for your kid’s tiffin as well with some roasted cauliflower bites and Indian snacks like rawa namak pare or nimki.

 

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Pesto Pasta

Pesto pasta is one of those last minute recipes that I look for whenever crave for something quick, easy and comforting. To me it is like cooking a whole new dish under 15 minutes and an excellent Sunday brunch is ready to be served.

Preparation Time : 5 minutes
Cooking Time : 10 minutes

Category : Pasta
Cuisine :
Servings : 2 servings

Author : Sunayana Gupta

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Recipe Ingredients

  • Pasta (Any variant) – 2 cups
  • Salt – To taste
  • Black pepper powder – ½ teaspoon or less (Optional)
  • Chilly flakes – To taste (Optional)
  • Water – As required 

For Pesto Sauce –

  • Basil leaves – 1 cup tightly packed
  • Walnuts/pine nuts – ½ cup
  • Lemon juice – 1 tablespoon
  • Salt – To taste
  • Olive oil – 1-2 tsblespoon
  • Garlic – 2-3 cloves
  • Black pepper (Whole) – 3-4 

To Serve –

  • Some grated parmesan cheese (Optional)

How to make Pesto Pasta

  • To begin with making this Itlaian peasto pasta, we need to boil the pasta in a saucepan as per the instructions on the pack. Strain the water and keep it aside.
  • Next we need to prepare for the pesto sauce.
  • For this dry roast pine nuts or walnuts in a pan on low heat for about 2 minutes.  Transfer to a plate and allow to cool at room temperature.
  • In a grinder jar combine toasted nuts and the remaining ingredients for pesto sauce. Grind to a smooth or slight coarse paste. I personally prefer to keep it little bit coarse since it gives a lovely texture to the dish.
  • Store this pesto sauce in an air tight container and keep in refrigerator. This would stay fresh for a month.
  • For making pesto pasta take boiled pasta (hot or cold) in a mixing bowl and add in 1-2 tablespoon of pesto sauce.
  • Give a toss. Check seasoning, you might want to adjust it.
  • Transfer to serving plate or bowl. Grate some parmesan cheese on top and serve.
  • To turn your snacking into a fun filled meal, you might want to refer our serving suggestions above.





  • Name
  • Pesto Pasta Recipe
  • Sub name
  • Classic Italian pasta with homemade pesto sauce | Pesto sauce pasta | Lunch-dinner recipe | Weekend dinners | Tiffin recipe | Party recipe
  • Category
  • Pasta
  • Cuisine
  • Italian
  • Key ingredients
  • Pasta, pine nuts, basil
  • Cooking technique
  • Boiling & gas top cooking
  • Taste
  • Creamy, nutty with slight punch of garlic & lime juice
  • Preparation time
  • 5 minutes
  • Cooking time
  • 10 minutes
  • Servings
  • 2
  • Equipment used
  • A saucepan, pan, strainer, mixing bowl, mixer grinder
  • Steps
  • 0
  • Created date
  • 2017-11-25 08:58:20

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