Spaghetti with Basil Pesto - Fast & Fresh Dinner
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Jacques Pépin demonstrates how to make a garden basil pesto and toss it with spaghetti, using freshly picked basil, pumpkin seeds, jalapeño, and parmesan cheese.
From the video
Answers: How do you make basil pesto and spaghetti?
- basil pesto recipe
- making pesto in a blender
- cooking spaghetti al dente
- storing pesto for winter
Ingredients
- 8 oz spaghetti
- 4-5 cups basil
- salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp hot water
- 1/2 jalapeno
- 1/3 cup nuts
- 3 tbsp parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup pasta water
What it concludes
- Blanching basil briefly in boiling pasta water helps keep it green for the pesto.
- Cutting spaghetti in half and checking the center reveals a tiny white dot when it is al dente.
- Mixing the cooked spaghetti directly into the warm pesto and letting it sit for a couple of minutes allows the pasta to absorb the mixture.
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