Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · 20-Minute Tomato Pesto Pasta
One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 155 for brightness among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 113 cooks on www.melskitchencafe.com rate it 4.6★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 155.
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Adapts cleanly: egg-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 30 g | 1/4 cup slivered almonds |
| 312 g | 10 to 12 ounces cherry or grape tomatoes (about 2 to 3 cups) |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup packed fresh basil leaves |
| 3 g | 1 medium garlic clove (chopped) |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar |
| Pinch of red pepper flakes | |
| 3 g | 3/4 teaspoon coarse kosher salt |
| 72 g | 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil |
| 454 g | 1 pound linguine or spaghetti noodles |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (plus more for serving (optional)) |
| Fresh basil for garnish (optional) |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.melskitchencafe.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Joan — August 17, 2017 @ 4:45 pm Reply I am in love with this pasta sauce. It is so delicious. I love it hot or cold. I love it here or there or anywhere. What a perfect use of fresh tomatoes (I’ve only made it with regular tomatoes, not the cherry kind) and f” — a cook
“AK — August 24, 2020 @ 11:16 pm Reply This is the perfect summer recipe. I love that I can whip up this sauce, boil some noodles and sauté some chicken, never turn the oven on and it’s done in 20 minutes. I had this recipe in my bookmarks all winter waiting fo” — a cook