PASTA RECIPE WITH PESTO AND GARLIC BY NIGELLA LAWSON IS A 'JOYOUS WAY TO CELEBRATE SPRING'
Nigella Lawson swears this pasta dish is a "joyous way to celebrate spring."
Emanating a "glorious" scent from the fresh basil, this pasta recipe with potatoes is mixed with an authentic Italian pesto sauce called Pesto alla Genovese.
She says it requires little effort yet makes her feel put together, explaining that the potatoes cook pretty quickly in the pasta water and the pinenutless pesto is easily whipped up in a processor.
Other spring recipes you can try include Asian-inspired cabbage wraps, Middle Eastern-inspired lamb patties, French-inspired omelette and Italian-inspired lemon risotto.
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Nigella Lawson's pesto pasta recipe
Ingredients
Pasta
- 500 grams floury potatoes (peeled and cut into 1½ cm/ ¾ inch slices quartered into chunks)
- 500 grams linguine
- 200 grams fine green beans
Pesto
- 100 grams fresh basil leaves
- 100 grams grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 clove garlic (peeled)
- 100 millilitres regular olive oil
- 100 millilitres extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Put the prepared potato chunks into a large saucepan with salted water. Bring to the boil.
- Cook the potatoes until tender, about 20 minutes, then add the pasta. Add the green beans.
- While pasta cooks, add the pesto ingredients to your food processor.
- Take about 1/2 cup of the pasta water before draining.
- Tip pasta and potatoes back into saucepan.
- Add the pesto and stire with cooking water as needed.