Homemade Pesto Pasta

Ingredients

• 1 pack of pasta
• 3 tablespoons of heavy cream
• 1 portion of pesto sauce

Directions

Pesto Sauce Recipe

Pesto Sauce Ingredients

• 1 sprig of basil
• 2 tablespoons of pine nut
• 2 tablespoons of parmesan cheese
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 cup of sunflower oil
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper

Pesto Sauce Directions

Wash the basil and seperate the leaves. Drain the leaves.

Grate the parmesan cheese.

Turn the pine nut over the fire until it becomes caramel, then beat it. Leave the cool.

Mix the basil and gather with the pine nut, parmesan cheese and garlic while adding olive oil.

Tips

• You can use homemade pasta or store-bought pasta. If you want to make pasta dough yourself, you can look at our Pasta Dough recipe.
• You can use any type of pasta. Spaghetti, linguine, penne, or ziti pasta types that hold the sauce are ideal for this recipe.
• Reserve some of the pasta water and use it in pesto sauce. This adds consistency and flavor to the sauce.
• If you're using pasta water, you can skip adding salt to the pesto sauce. This way, you can spice up the sauce.
• Use fresh basil leaves.
• After you get the pasta on the plate, add the basil. Otherwise, the basil may turn black.
• Instead of basil, you can add parsley or mint leaves to the recipe.
• Add the greens last. Hot pasta can cause greens to wilt. Therefore, add the greens close to serving and serve immediately.
• If you don't have pine nuts on hand, you can use walnuts or almonds.
• If you have a nut allergy, you can also make pesto without nuts.
• To make vegan pesto, use a dairy-free cheese.
• You can add lemon juice, salt, or black pepper to the sauce according to your taste.
• Do not reheat pesto pasta. Otherwise, the sauce may darken.