Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Pesto Pasta Recipe with Almonds, Manchego, a
One of 66 pesto pasta recipes we measured
from www.chilipeppermadness.com
It ranks #1 of 66 for brightness among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 1 cooks on www.chilipeppermadness.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 | 0% | 12% |
| protein add | 0% | 22% |
| aromatics | 0% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 18% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| Pasta for 4 ( – I used rigatoni noodles) | |
| 2 Pimento de Padron peppers (You can use other peppers, like jalapenos or serranos) | |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup fresh basil |
| 30 g | 1/4 cup almonds (lightly toasted - use pine nuts for more traditional pesto sauce) |
| 28 g | 1/4 cup shredded Manchego cheese (use parmesan cheese for more traditional pesto sauce) |
| 109 g | 1/2 cup olive oil (or more as desired) |
| Salt and pepper to taste | |
| 200 g | 4 eggs |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.chilipeppermadness.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“So good!!! Thanks for sharing!” — a cook, 5.0★