Today, I've decided to make a pasta dish that can be considered healthy (sort of) ^_^ the key ingredient would be Basil Leaves.
Ingredients:
340g Whole Wheat Fusilli
50g Fresh Basil Leaves
5 cloves of Garlic
Bits of Sausage and Majestic Ham
Salt
Olive Oil
Steps: (Pasta)
- Boil 4 liters of water, add in the pasta. Boil for 8 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Steps: (Pesto)
- Chop/Slice the Basil Leaves (w/o the stems). Chopping the leaves would make it easier to Purée in the blender.
- Chop the garlic.
- Combine the chopped Basil and Garlic in the blender, pour in the Olive Oil, add as much as you want.
- Blend everything until it becomes a puree or paste-like substance.
- Once it is done, saute the Basil puree, add more olive oil if you want. Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt. (sauteing & adding salt will help preserve the Pesto)
Finishing Touch
- After preparing the Pesto, (once cool enough) store it in a container for future use. Leave 2 to 2 1/2 tablespoon of Pesto in the pan.
- Add in the bits of Ham and Sausage (for taste). Saute for 1 minute (or less if you like)
- Pour in the Pasta (the entire 340g) (yes, for us, 2 1/2 tablespoon full of Pesto is enough for 240g of Fusilli pasta) (You can add more if you like--depends on your taste) Mix well.
Now we're done! ^_^
- Top it with Parmesan cheese (and chopped nuts, if you like).
1 platter of 340g Fusilli Pasta is good for 4-5 hungry adults ^_^
I hope you'll like it! Enjoy! ^_^
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Pasta Fusilli in Pesto - My Recipe
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I love pesto... pesto alone is fine with me. That's why my blog is named after it. ^_^
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