5 Minute Pasta Recipe You'll Love! Quick, Simple & Incredibly Delicious!

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and adds umami flavor.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is less expensive and has a neutral flavor.

Measure out 80 g (2.8 oz) of walnuts and place them in a bowl.

Add 12 basil leaves to the bowl with the walnuts.

Include 5 sun-dried tomatoes in the bowl.

Add 4-5 anchovy fillets to the mixture.

Peel and add 1 clove of garlic to the bowl.

Season with salt and black pepper, but do not add extra salt due to the anchovies and sun-dried tomatoes being salted.

Boil 250 g (9 oz) of fusilli pasta in salted water until cooked.

Once the pasta is cooked, reserve 1 tbsp of the cooking water.

In a food processor, combine the walnuts, basil, sun-dried tomatoes, anchovies, garlic, and 30 g (1 oz) of parmesan cheese.

Drizzle in olive oil while blending until the mixture is smooth.

Add the reserved cooking water to the pesto mixture and blend briefly to combine.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

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