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Simple Way to Make Any-night-of-the-week Spinach Fettuccine with Homemade Basil Pesto

 ·  ☕ 4 min read  ·  ✍️ Nannie Berry
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Spinach Fettuccine with Homemade Basil Pesto

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Spinach Fettuccine with Homemade Basil Pesto is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Spinach Fettuccine with Homemade Basil Pesto is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spinach fettuccine with homemade basil pesto using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Spinach Fettuccine with Homemade Basil Pesto:
  1. Make ready Homemade Pesto
  2. Get 30 g pine nuts
  3. Take 100 g fresh basil
  4. Get 70 g Grana Padano or parmesan
  5. Get 8 g garlic, roughly chopped
  6. Prepare 15 ml (1 tbsp) olive oil
  7. Take To assemble to dish
  8. Take 200 g spinach fettuccine or your pasta of choice (see recipe)
  9. Make ready salt and pepper to taste
  10. Prepare pine nuts for garnishing
  11. Prepare grated parmesan for garnishing

While pasta is cooking, place spinach, Parmesan, nuts, garlic, and lemon zest and juice in a food processor. This spinach basil pesto pasta is a quick and easy recipe loaded with fresh herby flavors. Pair it with some roasted tomatoes and there you have a delicious vegetarian weeknight meal. Spinach Pesto Pasta is yet another easy and super delicious Italian dish that can be made in a jiffy.

Instructions to make Spinach Fettuccine with Homemade Basil Pesto:
  1. In a medium skillet, toast 40 g pine nuts over medium heat, stirring frequently (don’t let them burn!), until nice and fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour them into a bowl to cool for a few minutes. Reserve a few for garnishing.
  2. Combine the basil, 30 g pine nuts, Grana Padano, garlic and salt in a food processor or blender. With the machine running, slowly drizzle in the olive oil. Continue processing until the mixture is well blended but still has some texture, pausing to scrape down the sides as necessary.
  3. Taste, and adjust if necessary. Add a pinch of salt if the basil tastes too bitter or the pesto needs more zing. Add more Parmesan if you’d like a creamier/cheesier pesto. If desired, you can thin out the pesto with more olive oil.
  4. Bring a big pot of salted water to a boil. Throw in your choice of pasta and cook for the appropriate length of time. Just before draining, scoop out 1 cup of of the pasta cooking water. Drain pasta in a colander, leave it for a minute.
  5. Transfer pasta to a bowl (do not use pasta cooking pot, too hot). - Add pesto and 1/4 cup of pasta water. Toss to coat pasta in pesto, adding more water if required to make pasta silky and saucy, rather than dry and sticky.
  6. Taste, add more salt and pepper if desired. Serve immediately, garnished with freshly grated parmesan and the rest of the pine nuts. Enjoy.

Pair it with some roasted tomatoes and there you have a delicious vegetarian weeknight meal. Spinach Pesto Pasta is yet another easy and super delicious Italian dish that can be made in a jiffy. It is one of my go too pasta dishes during summers, so vibrant and full of fresh flavors. Place garlic in a food processor; pulse until finely chopped. Continue processing while gradually adding oil in a steady stream.

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