Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Creamy Green Pea Pesto Pasta
One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured
from www.eatingwell.com
It ranks #1 of 155 for brightness among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 8 cooks on www.eatingwell.com rate it 4.9★.
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, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 340 g | 12 ounces whole-wheat fusilli |
| 150 g | 1.5 cups finely grated Parmesan cheese, divided |
| 3 teaspoons grated lemon zest, divided | |
| 290 g | 2 cups frozen peas, thawed |
| 1.5 cups loosely packed fresh mint leaves | |
| 81 g | 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil |
| 46 g | 3 tablespoons lemon juice |
| 3 g | 0.5 teaspoon salt |
Method: 4 steps, published by www.eatingwell.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This pesto is bright, flavorful, and fresh. The mixture of Parmesan and lemon zest on top reinforces this brightness. It’s also gorgeous to look at! I love the combination of mint with green peas and lemon.” — a cook, 5★
“I liked the brightness of the green pea pesto. The mint and pea combo is something I did not expect in a pesto together.” — a cook, 4★