🌿 Genovese Pesto Pasta

Ingredients

• 🍝400 g linguine
• 🌿80 g fresh basil
• 🌰50 g pine nuts
• 🧀80 g Parmesan cheese
• 🧄1 clove garlic
• 🫒100 ml olive oil
• 🍋1 lemon
• 🧂1 pinch salt

• Recipes with fresh basil
• Recipes with parmesan cheese
• Recipes with lemon

Method, step by step

1. Cook the linguine al dente according to the packet directions.
2. Make the pesto: blend the fresh basil with the pine nuts, Parmesan, garlic, and oil.
3. Season the pesto with salt and add the lemon juice.
4. Drain the pasta, reserving some of the cooking water.
5. Toss the pasta with the pesto, adding a little cooking water to emulsify.
6. Serve with extra Parmesan, pine nuts, and basil leaves.