Tapenesto
- Super simple
- 0:20 m
- 8 ingredients
Unfairly derided by many as simply a student meal for people who can't cook, pesto pasta is easily one of our favourite meals over at BOSH! HQ. Easy and packed full of fresh herby flavours - pesto pasta ticks so many foodie boxes. This time around we've taken our pesto to the next level by making an olive tapenade-inspired version. This is not pesto pasta as you know it, and we think you'll absolutely love it.
Serves: 2
Ingredients
For the recipe
- 200g quality pitted green olives
- 60g fresh basil
- 50ml quality olive oil
- 1 small garlic clove
- 100g pine nuts
- 20g Nooch
- salt and pepper to taste
- 250g spaghetti
- handful of crushed nuts to garnish
Before you start
Food processor | Small Frying pan | Large saucepan | Large high sided frying pan
Step 1
Prepare the ingredients
- Open the olives, tip into a sieve and rinse under cold water.
- Tear the basil leaves from the stems (save a few small, pretty leaves for garnish).
- Peel the garlic.
- Add the pine nuts to the pan and lightly toast over a high heat until golden in colour (approx 2 minutes).
Ingredients
- 200g quality pitted green olives
- 60g fresh basil
- 1 small garlic clove
- 100g pine nuts
Step 2
Make the Tapenesto
- Add the olives, basil (include some stems if you like), olive oil, garlic, pine nuts and nooch to the food processor and blitz into a pesto.
- Taste and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Ingredients
- 50ml quality olive oil
- 20g Nooch
- salt and pepper to taste
Step 3
Prepare the pasta
- Add the pasta to a large pot of boiling salted water and cook according to pack instructions (approx 9 mins).
Ingredients
- 250g spaghetti
Step 4
Finish and serve
- When the pasta has 2 minutes left to cook, put the frying pan on the stove over medium heat, add a ladleful of pasta water and bring to a simmer.
- Add the Tapenesto to the pan, stir to combine and bring to a gentle simmer.
- Drain the pasta, add to the pan, fold to coat, transfer to serving bowls, garnish with the reserved basil leaves and crushed nuts if using, and serve immediately.
Ingredients
- handful of crushed nuts to garnish