Pesto pasta makes such a great dinner when you’re after something quick, filling and flavourful. Plus making it at home only takes a few minutes to whizz together. Which is easily done in the same time your pasta is cooking menu.
Cook the spaghetti until al dente in a large pan of boiling salted water. Once cooked, drain it and reserve a cup of the pasta cooking water.สมัคร ufabet
While the pasta is cooking, pulse basil, garlic, pine nuts, grated parmesan and black pepper and salt together for a few seconds in a small food processor (or mini chopper or even a blender). This helps to initially break up the garlic and pine nuts.
Then, with the motor running, pour in the olive oil in a steady stream. If you’re using a blender (I sometimes use my Nutribullet), simply add in half the oil, blend, give it a good shake, then add the rest of the oil and blend again.
Give it a taste, then add in more salt (crushed Maldon is lovely, but table salt is also fine).
Toss the pesto with the cooked pasta and some of the reserved pasta water. That pasta water will loosen up the sauce and make it cling to the spaghetti beautifully.
Just add a little (1/2 tsp) Maldon salt before blending the pesto, then taste after blending and add more salt then. This ensures you get the seasoning just right. Also, adding the Maldon salt after blending means you get that lovely salty crunch.