Are you looking for an easy pasta dish? Then try this recipe for pasta with spinach pesto, which is both quick and easy to make.
The homemade spinach pesto, which you can find the recipe for here, gives the pasta a lovely creamy texture and a rich green colour that is sure to impress at any meal.
The pasta is easy to toss with the pesto and can be served as a simple weeknight dish, or alongside a piece of fish or white meat.
Whether you serve it for a family dinner or a relaxed get-together with friends, it is bound to be a hit.
Pasta with spinach pesto
Recipe for an easy, simple pasta dish with spinach pesto.
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Ingredients
- 500 g pasta
- 180 g fresh spinach
- 60 g Parmesan, grated
- 45 g pine nuts, ideally toasted
- 2 cloves garlic
- 100 ml olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Lemon
- Pasta cooking water
To serve
- Finely grated Parmesan (optional)
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Method
- Put the pasta on to cook and boil it until al dente – as directed on the packet.
- Meanwhile, make the pesto. Put the spinach, pine nuts, Parmesan, garlic and olive oil in a blender and blend until you have a smooth pesto.Season to taste with salt.
- When the pasta is al dente, drain it – reserving a couple of hundred millilitres of the cooking water to adjust the consistency with.
- Return the pasta to the pan and toss it with the pesto. Turn the heat on to its very lowest setting and toss well to combine.Season to taste with freshly squeezed lemon juice, salt and freshly ground pepper – and adjust the consistency with the pasta water.
- Serve with extra Parmesan on top, if you like.
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