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Simple Way to Make Perfect Citrus Pesto Pasta

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Devin Carter
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Citrus Pesto Pasta

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, citrus pesto pasta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Citrus Pesto Pasta is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Citrus Pesto Pasta is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook citrus pesto pasta using 8 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Citrus Pesto Pasta:
  1. Get 1 bunch basil (1 or 2 cups) -can substitute fresh spinach with 2 tablespoons dried basil-
  2. Take 1 cup pine nuts
  3. Get 3-4 garlic cloves
  4. Make ready 1 cup Parmesan cheese
  5. Get 1 orange (juice and zest)
  6. Make ready 1 lemon (juice and zest)
  7. Make ready 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
  8. Make ready Salt and pepper

Essentially, it contains the same ingredients as Pesto Alla Genovese, with almonds in place of pine nuts, and the addition of lemon or oranges - or both, like my recipe here. It also sometimes has capers as well. Use this delicious pesto in any way that you would use a classic Pesto Alla Genovese - tossed with pasta. This citrus pesto has lots of fresh herbs and greens like spinach, parsley, basil and arugula as well as lemon for some freshness.

Instructions to make Citrus Pesto Pasta:
  1. Combine all ingredients except olive oil into food processor. Stream oil as ingredients are chopped. Run until a smooth paste forms.
  2. Can be used to top spaghetti and fresh baby spinach or arugula. Mix well and serve warm.

Use this delicious pesto in any way that you would use a classic Pesto Alla Genovese - tossed with pasta. This citrus pesto has lots of fresh herbs and greens like spinach, parsley, basil and arugula as well as lemon for some freshness. Serve it over some fresh pasta. You can modify some of the ingredients of the basic recipe of this sicilian citrus pesto to obtain other delicious variations. the addition of basil, capers or sun-dried tomatoes! A sustainable pasta dish which brings all the aromas of summer to your dining table.

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