Rocket Pesto For Pasta

Fresh homemade pesto

Ingredients

• Pasta (1 pack preferably spaghetti)
• salt (to taste)
• pepper (to taste)
• olive oil (3 tablespoons)
• pine nuts (4 tablespoons) or walnuts (6-8 nuts)
• parmesan cheese (4 tablespoons grated)
• garlic (1 clove)
• salad rocket (200 grams or a box)

Instructions

STEP 1:

1. Cook the pasta as per instructions in the pasta packaging.

STEP 2:

2. When the pasta is cooking, add the nuts, salad rocket, salt, pepper, garlic and olive oil into a blender and blend well.

STEP 3:

3. Add parmesan cheese to the above mixture and mix well.

STEP 4:

4. Fresh pesto is ready to be mixed with cooked pasta. Serve with pasta or box it up in the refrigerator.

STEP 5:

STEP 6:

the pesto when stored in the refrigerator lasts upto a week.

STEP 7:

STEP 8:

serves 4