Pesto Pasta Recipe

Pesto Pasta is a bright and easy pasta recipe that's unbelievably easy to make in less than 30 minutes. All you need to make this easy pasta recipe is homemade pesto, your favorite pasta, and parmesan cheese. Don't miss a secret ingredient below!

📝 Ingredients

• 2 oz fresh basil
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 oz Parmesan cheese (shaved or shredded)
• 3 oz pine nuts
• 1/2 cup (+2 tablespoons) olive oil
• salt
• 1 lb pasta of choice
• 1/2-2/3 cup cooking water (from cooking pasta)
• Parmesan cheese (for topping)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1--- Homemade Pesto: ---
2. 2In a food processor, add about half the oil.
3. 3Add basil, pine nuts, cheese, garlic, and salt to the blender and pour remaining olive oil over the top.
4. 4Pulse several times to begin to blend. Scrape sides of the blender and pulse a few more times. You may need to scrape the sides again and pulse a few more times until all ingredients are well blended.
5. 5--- Pesto Pasta: ---
6. 6Cook pasta according to the box instructions and right before draining off water, set aside about a cup of cooking water. (Some cooking water will go into pasta and set aside extra just in case you will need to reheat the pasta leftover's later.)
7. 7Toss pasta with pesto and about 1/2-2/3 cup of cooking water.
8. 8Plate pasta and top it off with some Parmesan cheese.