How To Make Pesto Trapanese w/ Chef Carm: Boss Food

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grana padano

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

almonds

🥗Healthier: pine nuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Sunflower seeds provide a similar texture at a lower cost.

Start with garlic cloves and roasted almonds.

Add pecorino cheese, fresh basil, and extra virgin olive oil to the food processor.

Pulse until coarsely chopped.

Prepare fresh tomatoes by scoring them and boiling them for 2-3 minutes until the skin starts to come off.

Remove tomatoes from boiling water and place them in cold water to cool.

Peel the tomatoes, optionally removing the seeds.

Add the tomatoes to the food processor and pulse to combine until smooth.

Boil water in a pot and add rock salt for the pasta.

Cook stracciatella pasta until just underdone, about 2 minutes less than package instructions.

Reserve some pasta water before draining the pasta.

Toss the pasta with the pesto and a little reserved pasta water to achieve desired consistency.

Finish with additional pecorino cheese on top.

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