Pasta With Pesto And Parmesan

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb linguine (or taglierini)
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 100 g fresh basil leaves
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese, plus shavings of
• parmesan cheese, to garnish
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

Recipe

• 1 cook the pasta in a large pan of rapidly boiling water until "al dente". drain and return to the pan.
• 2 while the pasta is cooking, mix the pine nuts, fresh basil leaves, garlic and parmesan in a food processor until finely chopped.
• 3 with the motor running, add the extra virgin olive oil in a slow stream until a smooth paste is formed.
• 4 season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste.
• 5 toss the pesto through the hot pasta until it is thoroughly distributed.
• 6 garnish with shavings of fresh parmesan.