Spaghetti with rocket pesto

AUTHOR
Rachel Vazquez
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 4
COOK TIME
30 mins
TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 collar flat leaf parsley
  • 100 g Rocket
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 60 g Pine nuts
  • 75 ml Olive oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 25 g grated parmesan cheese
  • 400 g Spaghetti
  • 7-10 Tbsp Lemon and sliced parmesan curls

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash parsley and rocket and dab dry. Pluck leaves from the parsley and cut half of the rocket roughly into strips. Peel the garlic. Finely chop 40 g pine nuts, parsley, rocket strips and garlic in a universal chopper.

  2. 2

    Stir in olive oil and parmesan. Season with salt and pepper. Cook spaghetti in plenty of boiling salted water for 10-12 minutes. Roast the remaining pine nuts in a dry pan until golden brown. Cut the remaining rocket into strips, except for a few leaves for garnishing.

  3. 3

    Drain spaghetti, mix with pesto and rocket and arrange on plates with the remaining rocket leaves. Sprinkle with roasted pine nuts. Serve garnished with lemon wedges and parmesan curls.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
680 kcal
CARBS
69 g
FATS
33 g
PROTEINS
21 g

Categories & Tags

MiscellaneousVegetables