Name: Pasta with Homemade Pesto
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 16 oz rigatoni; 1 recipe homemade pesto; 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese (for garnish)

Homemade pesto can be made in the time it takes for the pasta to boil, so this is really a quick stovetop meal. The recipe links to the homemade pesto post, but I’ve included the homemade pesto recipe below for your convenience.

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Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 25 mins

Delicious homemade pesto is easy to make and needs no cooking, just blending, and it is ready by the time the pasta is done cooking.

Ingredients

16 oz rigatoni
1 recipe homemade pesto
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, for garnish

Instructions

Boil the pasta. Drain and rinse.
Add homemade pesto and toss to coat.
Garnish with Parmesan cheese and serve.

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Prep Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 10 mins

Delicious homemade pesto is easy to make and needs no cooking, just blending.

Ingredients

2 cups fresh basil leaves, washed, stems removed, and packed into cup
¼ cup Parmesan Cheese
½ cup olive oil
3 Tbsp pine nuts
3 large garlic cloves, minced

Instructions

Place basil leaves in small batches into a food processor and process until well chopped.
Add about 1/3 of the nuts and garlic and blend again.
Add about 1/3 of the cheese and blend slowly while adding about 1/3 of the olive oil.
Stop to scrape food processor contents down the sides of container towards the bottom. Process until a smooth thick paste is formed.
Repeat process until all ingredients are used.

Notes

Pesto freezes well, so if you would like to make this in bulk, you can freeze the extra pesto for later use.

Nutrition data is for entire recipe.

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