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Spaghetti with pesto sauce

This dish is a lifesaver when you don't want to spend much time in the kitchen. The Pesto recipe I've already written about is an absolutely amazing sauce that goes great with fish, as a salad dressing, and can turn ordinary pasta into a restaurant dish. Everything is quite simple - while the pasta is boiling, you whip up the sauce in a blender, and in 15 minutes you serve a delicious dish. Even meat lovers will be delighted, proven!

spaghetti with pesto sauce

Composition (for 3-4 servings):

  • spaghetti - 250 gr.

"pesto":

  • basil - large bunch
  • parmesan - 50 gr.
  • garlic - 3 cloves
  • cedar nuts - about 40g
  • .
  • olive oil - 100 ml

Cooking spaghetti with "pesto" sauce:

In a saucepan, bring salted water to a boil, pour in the spaghetti and cook as indicated on the package.

In the meantime, lightly toast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan.

In the meantime, toast the pine nuts in a dry pan.

pine nuts

Trim the basil leaves and put them in the bowl of a blender. Chop the garlic and also put it in the blender.

basil and garlic in blender

Grate the cheese into a grater. To the basil, add the cheese, pine nuts and pour in 3 tbsp of olive oil.

cheese and nuts

Chop everything in a blender, gradually adding the olive oil.

pesto

Do not pulverize the sauce until smooth, just enough so that the ingredients just blend together. It should not become a smooth mass!

Place a portion of spaghetti in a plate, spoon a few spoonfuls of sauce on top. Garnish with a sprig of basil, cheese and nuts and serve!"

Serve!

pasta with pesto

Have a good appetite!

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