Trofie Casarecce with Pesto
Serves 210 mins prep10 mins cook
A super tasty plant-based pesto served on Italian pasta, made creamy and zesty. This pesto avoids cheese but still delivers excellent flavor, with fresh basil, nuts, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil.
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What you need

bunch fresh basil

fl oz lemon juice

garlic

tsp salt

oz parmesan

fl oz olive oil

pepper
cup pasta water

oz nutritional yeast

walnut

fresh basil leaf

oz pine nut
Instructions
1: Prepare the plant-based pesto by combining fresh basil, toasted pine nuts, walnuts, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper, nutritional yeast, and a bit of pasta water in a blender. 2: Blend until smooth and creamy. 3: Boil the trofie casarecce pasta according to package instructions until al dente. 4: Drain the pasta and reserve some pasta water. 5: Mix the cooked pasta with the pesto, adding reserved pasta water as needed to loosen the sauce. 6: Garnish with fresh tomato, a basil leaf, a drizzle of olive oil, and grated parmesan cheese.View original recipe

