Basil Pesto Pasta
A refreshingly delicious pasta dish made with rigatoni, in a fresh basil, pine nuts, olive oil & parmesan cheese pesto!
Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 15 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Ingredients For Cooking Pasta
- 10 ounce Dry Rigatoni pasta
- 12 cups Water to boil/cook pasta
- 1 tbsp salt
Ingredients To Make Fresh Basil Pesto
- 1 bunch Fresh Basil leaves
- 1/2 cup Toasted Pine nuts -toast for 2 mins in a pan
- 3/4 cup Grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 cloves garlic
- 3/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
To Boil/Cook Rigatoni Pasta
Bring water to boil in large pot, add salt and rigatoni pasta
Cook pasta for 10 minutes or until el dente,/per instructions on packet
Set aside 1/2 cup of pasta water, then drain cooked pasta, set aside
To Make Fresh Basil Pesto
While Pasta is cooking, add all ingredients for Fresh Basil Pesto to a mixer/food processor, except for olive oil and half the grated Parmesan
Pulse mixture to a coarse consistency while drizzling in olive oil
Transfer Basil Pesto to a bowl and stir in remaining grated Parmesan cheese
To Serve Pesto Pasta
Add 2 TBSP of basil pesto to a serving bowl
Add a TBSP of pasta water, then add some rigatoni pasta
Mix well to coat evenly, then sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese
Repeat process with remaining pasta
Bottle remaining Pesto in a jar and refrigerate for future use
Wallah! Your delicious Basil Pesto Pasta is ready!
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