Easy Peasy Pesto Pasta
- Simple
- 0:15 m
- 6 ingredients
This is a really easy pasta recipe that absolutely BANGS! Pesto is one thing we've missed since being plant-based, so we instantly fell in love with this vegan pesto recipe made of garden peas. Try it yourself!
Serves: 4
Ingredients
For the recipe
- 400g quality spaghetti
- 200g garden peas
- 30g bunch of basil
- 100g pine nuts
- 20g Nooch
- 50ml olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Salt & pepper to taste
Before you start
Kettle boiled | Food Processor | High sided frying pan | Large saucepan
Step 1
Cook the peas
- Pour the peas into a saucepan, cover with boiling water and simmer over medium heat until tender
- Drain the peas with a colander, shaking off any excess water
Ingredients
- 200g garden peas
Step 2
Prepare the pasta
- Boil a large pot of water over a high heat
- Add a big pinch of salt and pasta to the water and simmer for 9-11 minutes until cooked
Ingredients
- 400g quality spaghetti
- Salt & pepper to taste
Step 3
Prepare the pesto
- Halve the lemon and squeeze the juice into the blender, catching any pips in your free hand
- Add the peas, basil, pine nuts, nooch, olive oil and a big pinch of salt and pepper to the food processor and blitz into a smooth pesto (save some nooch, pine nuts and a few basil leaves to use as garnish)
Ingredients
- 30g bunch of basil
- 100g pine nuts
- 20g Nooch
- 50ml olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
Step 4
Blend and serve
- Drain the pasta, reserving a little pasta water and tip it back into the cooking pot
- Add the pesto to the pan and fold it into the pasta
- Sprinkle over the reserved nooch, basil, pine nuts, a little salt and pepper and serve immediately