Avocado Pesto Pasta
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Serves: 4 People
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- Total time: 20 minutes
- Serves: 4 People
Ingredients
- Salt
- 100 g Macadamia nuts
- Basil
- Parmesan or Pecornio
- 1 Lemon
- 1.5-2 Avocados
- 1 Garlic clove
- 50 ml Olive oil
- Pasta
- Chilli flakes
Method
- 1)
Bring pot of salted water to the boil.
- 2)
Blitz macadamia nuts into a crumb in a food processor. Then transfer into a bowl.
- 3)
Add leaves of basil, approximately 60g of parmesan/pecorino, zest and juice of lemon, avocado, 50ml of olive oil and grated garlic clove into the food processor, blitz together. Add to the bowl with the macadamia crumb.
- 4)
Add a good crack of pepper to sauce. We added a pinch of salt (taste first as cheese can be very salty)
- 5)
Cook pasta as per the packet instructions in the pot of boiling water.
- 6)
Once pasta is cooked strain water and add the sauce. Mix together, covering all the pasta.
- 7)
Transfer into a serving bowl or individual bowls and top with grated parmesan, cracked pepper and chilli flakes (optional)
