Metric:
400gr Spaghetti Pasta
150ml Olive Oil
( plus extra for storing )
100gr Rocket
70gr Parmesan Cheese
( or vegetarian alternative )
50gr Toasted Almonds
30gr Pecorino Cheese
2 Garlic Cloves
Salt
Rocket Pesto Spaghetti with Toasted Almonds Recipe
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TRADITIONAL ITALIAN RECIPE: To make Rocket Pesto even better, you only need to change one ingredient: toasted almond flakes (crumbled almonds are ok too!). END!
Making your own pesto is impressively easy: just put all the ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. To add extra crunchiness, I leave aside a few almonds flakes, and add them directly when mixing pasta & pesto together, it gives a fantastic sweet and nutty note.
The final "Cheffy" touch?
A little lemon zest freshly grated on top of your pasta with pesto sauce.
Although you can use your favorite pasta shapes, I always pair rocket pesto with either Spaghetti or Fusilli Pasta. Spaghetti is quite olways used for pesto in Italy, but fusilli, with their shape, have the ability to grab the sauce and never let it go.
Pesto brings back all my child memories, when my mum used to make all different type of pesto. Everywhere at home would smell delicious, and me and my sisters would have at least 2 pasta refills, because it was so addictively tasty, you couldn’t stop eating it.
In this tasty Pasta with rocket pesto recipe I’ve used only organic ingredients, which are a little bit more expensive than usual ones. I love Organic stuff, they make me feel a bit better when I buy them, I feel like i'm doing something good for my kids's future.
Not only this recipe tastes amazing, but this quick and easy pasta with rocket pesto is packed with healthy benefits incredibly good for you.
Rocket has diuretic, depurative, digestive and tonic properties. Rich in potassium , iron, calcium and vitamins A & C and antioxidants, eating fresh rocket can help cleaning and detoxy your body.
This Italian pasta with rocket pesto recipe is ready in less than 30 minutes and completely vegetarian.
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Time: 30 Minutes |
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Serves: 4 People |
Ingredients:
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Directions:
01 - Boil a pot of salted water for the Pasta.
02 - In the meantime work on the Pesto. Start washing the Rocket.
03 - In a dry frying pan over medium heat, toast the Almonds, stirring frequently. Watch carefully so they do not burn.
04 - Put Rocket and all the other ingredients ( with exeption of the Pasta ) into a food processor and mix until smooth.
05 - When the water starts boiling add the Pasta.
06 - Add some boiled water to the Rocket Pesto Sauce inside the mixed to make it creamy, and mix again.
07 - Once the Pasta is al dente, drain and mix with the Sauce over low heat for 1 minute.
08 - Decorate each plate with some fresh Rocket leave. Sprinkle with extra Cheese and Oil. Serve.
Notes:
- Boiled Potatoes can be added to the recipe.
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