Arugula Pesto with Pasta
User Reviews
5.0
27 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Total Time
10 mins
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Servings
6 people
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Calories
36 kcal
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Course
Main Course, Condiments
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Cuisine
Italian
Arugula Pesto with Pasta
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Any variety of arugula will work, as will any other peppery green for that matter; dandelion greens or cress are great substitutes. And of course basil or parsley work, too. As for the pasta, if you don't feel like making your own, any store-bought will do. I'd choose orecchiette, fusilli or gemelli.
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Ingredients
PESTO
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts, chopped
- Salt, to taste
- 2 tablespoons grated cheese (I like pecorino)
- About 2 cups chopped arugula
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice, or to taste
- olive oil (use the good stuff)
Instructions
- Put the garlic and pine nuts, plus a pinch of salt, into the mortar and pound it until the bits no longer jump out of the mortar. Add some of the cheese and some of the arugula a little at a time and keep pounding and mixing with the pestle. Keep doing this until you have a pretty good paste. Grind in the lemon juice, then drizzle in a little olive oil and keep grinding and pounding. Keep doing this, little by little, until the pesto is the consistency you want: You'll need between 1/4 and 1 cup, depending on how loose you want the sauce.
ALTERNATE METHOD
- Put the pine nuts, garlic, salt, cheese, arugula and lemon juice into a food processor and buzz into a paste. You will need to scrape down the sides of the food processor a couple times. Then, drizzle in the olive oil with the motor running until you have a sauce the consistency you want; loose for pasta, tight for bread.
- Cover the pesto with a layer of olive oil, or set plastic wrap directly on the pesto's surface (this prevents the arugula from turning brown), and set it aside at room temperature before eating.
Notes
- Drink a dry rosé or a crisp white wine with this. For beers, go with a pale ale, a session IPA or a wheat beer. And actually, this is pretty good with macro beers like Bud and Coors, too.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
36kcal
(2%)
Carbohydrates
1g
(0%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
3g
(5%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
3mg
(1%)
Sodium
18mg
(1%)
Potassium
26mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
28IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
23mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 36 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 36kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 3g | 5% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 3mg | 1% |
| Sodium | 18mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 26mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 28IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 23mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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5.0
27 reviews
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