Almond Pesto Pasta
Created by Tisme on February 7, 2015
- Servings: 5
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 25m
- Recipe #17235
Ingredients
- 500 grams dry pasta
- 1/2 cup half and half
- Parmesan cheese (finely shredded)
- ALMOND PEA PESTO
- 1 cup peas (frozen)
- 1 cup almond nuts (blanched, lucky)
- 2 large garlic cloves (chopped)
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves (or mint)
- 1 teaspoon salt (rock salt)
- Fresh ground pepper
How to Make
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Step 1: Cook pasta in plenty of boiling water until al dente. Drain, reserving pasta water if to be used instead of cream.
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Step 2: Pour boiling water over peas to thaw and drain, place thawed peas with almonds and garlic in food processor and blend coarsely. Scrape down bowl sides, add oil, herbs and salt & blend gain to a medium thick paste. Season well with pepper.
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Step 3: Spoon into saucepan with pasta & toss over medium heat, adding pasta water or cream, until heated through.
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Step 4: Serve topped with some parmesan cheese
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (271.4 g)
- Calories 900.2
- Total Fat - 35.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.9 g
- Cholesterol - 11.2 mg
- Sodium - 605.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 133.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 18.5 g
- Sugars - 22.7 g
- Protein - 17.6 g
- Calcium - 157.3 mg
- Iron - 2.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 16.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg