How to make PESTO GENOVESE pasta!

pine nuts

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts provide similar texture and flavor at a lower cost.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grana padano

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Wash the basil leaves with cold water and dry them in a clean pan.

Cut the garlic clove in half and remove the germ from the center to reduce acidity.

Chop the garlic into smaller pieces and place it in a bowl.

Add the basil leaves and pine nuts to the bowl with the garlic.

Add half of the olive oil to the mixture and blend until smooth.

Add the remaining olive oil and Parmesan cheese to the mixture and blend again until combined.

Bring a pot of water to a boil and add the trophy pasta.

Cook the pasta until al dente, according to package instructions.

Once the pasta is cooked, reserve some pasta water and drain the rest.

In a pan, combine the drained pasta with the pesto and a bit of reserved pasta water.

Toss the pasta with the pesto and season with black pepper.

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