Recipe: Yummy Basil Pesto Pasta

Basil Pesto Pasta.

You can cook Basil Pesto Pasta using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Basil Pesto Pasta

1. Prepare 1/3 cup of pistachios.
2. You need 2 of garlic cloves.
3. You need of Juice of 1 lemon.
4. You need of About 2 bunches of basil.
5. It’s 3/4 cup of Parmesan.
6. It’s 3/4 cup of olive oil.
7. You need of Salt.
8. It’s 12 oz. of any sort of pasta.
9. Prepare 2 tbsp of butter.

Basil Pesto Pasta instructions

1. Using a food processor, blitz the garlic and pistachios together. Then, mix in the cheese..
2. After everything has mixed together well, place all the basil and salt in the food processor..
3. Squeeze lemon juice into the food processor before blending in basil..
4. With the motor running, slowly pour in the olive oil until pesto becomes smooth. Season with salt to taste.
5. Cook pasta in a pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain water after cooked, reserving 1/2 cup of the pasta water..
6. Place pesto and butter cut into cubes in a large bowl. Add pasta into the bowl and mix and incorporate until the pesto costs the pasta. While mixing, gradually add in 1/4 cup of the salted pasta water to make the pesto smoother..
7. Use tongs and toss pasta and continue to add more pasta water if necessary. Continue mixing until pasta is evenly and well coated. Season with salt before serving..