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This makes for a great end of summer dish! Creamy Pesto Pasta with basil straight from the garden is sure to make your tummy happy!
Ingredients
For the Homemade Pesto:
6 Cups Basil leaves, loosely packed
1/2 Cup Pecans, toasted
1/4 Cup Parmesan Cheese
1 each Garlic, clove
1/3 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste
For the Creamy Pesto Pasta:
1/2 Cup Chicken Stock
1/2 Cup Ricotta Cheese
1/2 Cup Pesto
1/2 Lbs Pasta, angel hair
Salt and Pepper to taste
Directions
For the homemade pesto:
Wash, dry and pick all the basil leaves.
Place all the ingredients except for the olive oil in a food processor and pulse while streaming in the oil. Keep pulsing until it is a paste consistency.
Yup, all the basil makes this little bit of pesto but a lot goes a long way! Keep this in the fridge covered until ready for use.
For the creamy pesto pasta:
Cook the pasta to the directions on the package. Add all of the remaining ingredients in a sauce pot and bring to a simmer.
Take half of the sauce and set to the side in a bowl. Add the cooked pasta to the remaining sauce in the pot and toss until it is coated in the sauce. Now if you want to add a protein or blanched veggies now is the time.
Use the extra sauce drizzled on top. Enjoy and thanks for reading!
Instructions
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Wash, dry and pick all the basil leaves.
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Place all the ingredients except for the olive oil in a food processor and pulse while streaming in the oil. Keep pulsing until it is a paste consistency.
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All that basil makes a little bit of pesto but a lot goes a long way! Keep this in the fridge covered until ready for use.
Nutritional Disclaimer
Instructions
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Wash, dry and pick all the basil leaves.
-
Place all the ingredients except for the olive oil in a food processor and pulse while streaming in the oil. Keep pulsing until it is a paste consistency.
-
All that basil makes a little bit of pesto but a lot goes a long way! Keep this in the fridge covered until ready for use.
Nutritional Disclaimer
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