Pasta with Pesto
Prep: 20min
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Servings: 4
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Cook: 10min
Pasta with pesto is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the fruit vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 300 g fresh young spinach
- 1 Garlic clove
- 50 g green olives (pitted)
- Salt
- black pepper (freshly ground)
- 30 g parmesan cheese (freshly grated)
- 1 tbsp pine nuts
- 50 ml olive oil
- 400 g spaghetti
- green olives (for garnish)
Instructions
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1.
Wash the spinach, pat dry, and trim. Peel the garlic and roughly chop it. Let the spinach wilt in a little boiling salted water until drooping, then drain, rinse with cold water, squeeze out excess moisture, and coarsely chop.
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2.
Blend the spinach, garlic, olives, parmesan, and pine nuts in an electric food processor. Stir in the olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste.
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3.
Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water until al dente, then drain and let it rest.
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4.
Serve the pasta tossed with spinach pesto and garnish with green olives.
