Pasta with Pesto Sauce
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30 minutes
A pasta with pesto in a lighter version without cheese or pine nuts and therefore excellent for those who are vegan. Children really like this. It is a great main or side dish.
Deborah
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Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 1 tablespoon mint leaves
- 1 cup basil leaves
- 1 cup parsley leaves
- 5 sage leaves
- 1/2 lemon zested
- 4 or 5 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- 500g penne or farfalle pasta
- salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:15min ›
Ready in:30min
- Put all the herbs, mint, basil, parsley, sage and lemon zest in a blender then blend adding the oil little by little until you get a thick mixture.
- Cook the pasta and set aside 2 tablespoons of the cooking water. Drain the pasta.
- Take a bowl and put on the bottom half of the pesto, a tablespoon of cooking water and a tablespoon of olive oil. Add half the pasta and combine.
- Pour the remaining pasta and the remaining pesto and yet another tablespoon of water and oil to the bowl and combine. The mint pesto pasta is ready to serve.
