Easy-peasy Pesto Pasta - Student Recipes

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Ingredients

4 tablespoons Pine nuts

25ish fresh basil leaves (depends on the size of the leaves! If they are small, make it 30, or whatever feels right)

4 tablespoons of olive oil

4 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese (the fresh stuff, not that nasty pre-grated-in-a-shaker-tub stuff)

some salt

(all the above amounts are just approximate and are enough for one person, guess the amounts if you like, I do, it makes it much more fun as you get to keep tasting it while you’re creating!)

Enough pasta for one person

Instructions

Step 1:

1. Cook your pasta

Step 2:

2. While the the pasta is cooking, blend together all the other ingredients in a food processor until they are really well blitzed.

Step 3:

3. Try the sauce, and if you want to add more of any of the ingredients, do so!

Step 4:

4. Once the pasta is cooked to your liking, drain, and mix the pesto in while the pasta is still really hot.

Step 5:

5. Tuck in!

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