Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Easy Homemade Pesto Pasta
One of 66 pesto pasta recipes we measured
from joyfoodsunshine.com
14 cooks on joyfoodsunshine.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 66.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 14% | 12% |
| protein add | 11% | 22% |
| aromatics | 3% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 18% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| acid | 1% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 200 g | 2 cups fresh basil |
| 44 g | 6 Tablespoons pine nuts ((toasted)) |
| 61 g | 4-5 Tablespoons olive oil |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon lemon juice |
| 13 g | 1 1/2 Tablespoon minced garlic |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup parmesan cheese |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt |
| 0 g | 1/8 teaspoon pepper |
| Salted Water | |
| 454 g | 16 ounces bucatini spaghetti ((or your preferred pasta)) |
| 15 g | 2 Tablespoons toasted pine nuts |
| Baby tomatoes, fresh basil, parmesan cheese, etc. ((optional garnishes)) |
Method: 11 steps, published by joyfoodsunshine.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
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