Quick and easy, this tasty pistachio pesto pasta will take you practically on time at all.
It ticks all the boxes for an easy and nutritious midweek meal.
We’ve packed this pasta full with fresh herbs, veggies and tons of that wonderful pesto flavour.
The chilli flakes are optional, but we love the warm kick it gives this dish.
And don’t forget, if you love this, then you’ll totally love our debut 5-ingredient cookbook So Vegan in 5, which is available to buy right now.
Enjoy!
Roxy & Ben
Pistachio Pesto Pasta
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Ingredients
300g / 10.6oz of your favourite pasta- 2 handfuls of spinach
- 250g / 8.8oz frozen peas
- 4 garlic cloves
- 100g / 3.5oz pistachios, peeled
- 30g / 1oz nutritional yeas
- 25g / 0.9oz fresh basil
- 10g / 0.4oz fresh mint
- 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 lime
- 4 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 250g / 8.8oz cherry tomatoes
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in salted boiling water for 8 minutes.
- Add the spinach and frozen peas to the pasta, and leave to cook for a further 2 minutes or until the spinach has wilted and the pasta is al dente. Then drain the pasta, saving 4 tbsp of pasta water for later.
- Peel the garlic and add the cloves to a food processor along with the pistachios, nutritional yeast, basil, mint, chilli flakes, the zest of ½ of the lime, the juice from the lime, the reserved pasta water, extra virgin olive oil, and generous pinches of salt and pepper. Process until smooth.
- Slice the cherry tomatoes in half and stir them into the pasta along with the pistachio pesto, until the pasta is fully coated in the pistachio sauce.
- To serve, divide the pasta between 4 bowls. Enjoy!
2 comments
A great way to eat your greens. The pistachios were a wonderful addition.
Hi Erica, yea totally agree, a great way to consume more greens 🙂 Best, Roxy