Italian - Spaghetti in Pesto Sauce Recipe

The expression pesto comes from pestare, to step on or mash, and subsequently might be connected to various different sauces. Never the less, to an Italian the saying pesto by itself means the fantastic ligurian summer sauce made with basil, garlic, pine nuts, and cheese.

Basic Information

Total Time: 20 Minutes

Total Serving: 04

Ingredients:

• 250 gm. spaghetti, boiled in a pinch of salt and some olive oil till al dente
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 sprig mint leaves, to garnish
• 2 cherry tomatoes
• 1 garlic clove, whole; peeled

For the Pesto Sauce:

• 2 cups basil
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 cup toasted walnuts or pine nuts
• Salt, to taste
• 4 cloves garlic
• 3 tbsps. Olive oil

Preparations:

For the Pesto Sauce:-

In a blender include all the fixings and blend till semi-fine glue is accomplished.

For the Pasta:-

1. First in a skillet include the olive oil and the garlic clove. Include the cherry tomatoes. Evacuate the entire garlic clove. 

2. Then include the pesto sauce.

3. Cook for 1 minute. 

4. Now add the bubbled spaghetti. 

5. Trim with a mint sprig and serve hot.