Vegan Pesto with Farfalle Pasta
Vegan Pesto with Farfalle Pasta

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have vegan pesto with farfalle pasta using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Vegan Pesto with Farfalle Pasta:
  1. Make ready For Farfalle pasta-
  2. Get 2 cups fresh basil, packed, stems removed, washed and dried
  3. Get 6-8 grapes or cherry tomatoes cut in half
  4. Get 2 cloves garlic, minced
  5. Make ready 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
  6. Prepare 1 tsp. lemon juice, preferably fresh squeezed
  7. Make ready to taste Black pepper and salt
Instructions to make Vegan Pesto with Farfalle Pasta:
  1. For pesto- In a food processor, pulse the garlic, 2 Tbsp. pine nuts (set aside the rest to be used as a garnish), lemon juice, and basil leaves .
  2. While the food processor is running, if possible, carefully and slowly drizzle in the olive oil. The goal here is to create a smooth emulsion. Occasionally, you might have to stop and scrape the sides of the bowl .
  3. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. If you are not going to use all of the pesto, then you can freeze it for up to 3 months in an airtight container.
  5. For Pasta - Boil pasta with some salt, according to the cooking instructions.
  6. Save 2 to 3 Tbsp. of water at the time of draining.
  7. Toss pesto into the pasta along with the saved water, halved tomatoes and 1 tbsp. pine nuts (optional taste good).
  8. Garnish with basil before serving.
  9. NOTES - - - Leftover pesto can be frozen. I like to use it as a spread on my toast - If you do not have access to pine nuts, you can always use walnuts or pistachios - Skip the nuts, to make pistou instead.

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