Spinach Fettuccine with Homemade Basil Pesto
Spinach Fettuccine with Homemade Basil Pesto

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook spinach fettuccine with homemade basil pesto using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Spinach Fettuccine with Homemade Basil Pesto:
  1. Prepare Homemade Pesto
  2. Take 30 g pine nuts
  3. Take 100 g fresh basil
  4. Make ready 70 g Grana Padano or parmesan
  5. Prepare 8 g garlic, roughly chopped
  6. Make ready 15 ml (1 tbsp) olive oil
  7. Get To assemble to dish
  8. Take 200 g spinach fettuccine or your pasta of choice (see recipe)
  9. Get salt and pepper to taste
  10. Get pine nuts for garnishing
  11. Get grated parmesan for garnishing
Instructions to make Spinach Fettuccine with Homemade Basil Pesto:
  1. In a medium skillet, toast 40 g pine nuts over medium heat, stirring frequently (don’t let them burn!), until nice and fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour them into a bowl to cool for a few minutes. Reserve a few for garnishing.
  2. Combine the basil, 30 g pine nuts, Grana Padano, garlic and salt in a food processor or blender. With the machine running, slowly drizzle in the olive oil. Continue processing until the mixture is well blended but still has some texture, pausing to scrape down the sides as necessary.
  3. Taste, and adjust if necessary. Add a pinch of salt if the basil tastes too bitter or the pesto needs more zing. Add more Parmesan if you’d like a creamier/cheesier pesto. If desired, you can thin out the pesto with more olive oil.
  4. Bring a big pot of salted water to a boil. Throw in your choice of pasta and cook for the appropriate length of time. Just before draining, scoop out 1 cup of of the pasta cooking water. Drain pasta in a colander, leave it for a minute.
  5. Transfer pasta to a bowl (do not use pasta cooking pot, too hot). - Add pesto and 1/4 cup of pasta water. Toss to coat pasta in pesto, adding more water if required to make pasta silky and saucy, rather than dry and sticky.
  6. Taste, add more salt and pepper if desired. Serve immediately, garnished with freshly grated parmesan and the rest of the pine nuts. Enjoy.

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