Craving for some pasta? Hungry but you want something light? Try having some pasta. Sharing with you the recipe for Penne Pesto.
Penne Pesto
Recipe
100 to 120 grams of penne pasta
1 bottle (190 grams) of bottled classic pesto
Procedure
1. In a large saucepan, fill it with water just mid-way then add in 1/2 cup of cooking oil and 2 teaspoons of salt – bring it to a boil.
2. Add the pasta and cook for 10 minutes, or until tender.
3. Drain the pasta.
4. In a saucepan, heat the pesto for 2-3 minutes.
5. Toss the pesto with the pasta then you’re good to go.
Serves 4 to 5 persons 🙂
Notes on this recipe
1. For the pasta/noodles, you can also use tagliatelle, linguine or spaghetti.
2. Sadly I do not have a food processor or a blender to make my very own pesto so I had to resort to using a bottled pesto sauce which is available at your local supermarkets. Allow me to share with you a recipe that I have for making your very own pesto.
What you’ll need:
2 cloves of garlic
1/4 cup of pine nuts
2 1/2 cup of basil leaves
1/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese
1/2 cup of cooking oil
large pinch of salt
How to do it:
In a food processor or blender, place the garlic, pine nuts, and salt. Process it briefly. Add the basil leaves and process it until it turns into paste. While the motor is still running, slowly add olive oil. Once done, place it in a bowl then add in the parmesan cheese and mix. Adjust the taste by adding salt when needed.
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