Beet Green and Radish Green Pesto Pasta with Roasted Beets and Radishes

Name: Beet Green and Radish Green Pesto Pasta with Roasted Beets and Radishes
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 mediums beets, with greens; 6 medium cloves garlic, peeled and smashed; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 177 milliliters About extra-virgin olive oil, divided; 59 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese; 1 bunch radishes, with greens; 454 grams box spaghetti or cappellini; 118 milliliters toasted walnuts

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Beet Green and Radish Green Pesto Pasta with Roasted Beets and Radishes a try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 934 calories, 21g of protein, and 54g of fat each. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up beets, walnuts, radishes, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour.

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 400°F. Prepare beets and radishes: tear off greens and reserve. Peel beets and cut beets and radishes into a medium dice.

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Radish

Greens

Beet

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Oven

Place beets and radishes on a rimmed baking sheet in separate piles (to avoid color bleeding); season each vegetable with 1 tablespoon olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Toss to coat and roast, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 25 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Vegetable

Radish

Beet

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Baking Sheet

While vegetables are roasting, blanch greens: pick off any large stems and bring a large, covered pot of salted water to a boil. Prepare an ice bath for greens by filling a medium bowl with cold water and a tray of ice cubes.

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Vegetable

Ice

Greens

Water

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Bowl

Pot

Add greens and cook, pushing on them to submerge, until bright green, about 1 minut.

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Greens

Transfer to ice bath immediately using tongs. Return pot of water to a boil. When greens are cool, drain, then wring thoroughly with your hands to remove excess liquid.

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Greens

Water

Ice

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Tongs

Pot

Place walnuts and garlic in bowl of food processor and season to taste with salt and pepper. Pulse until nuts and garlic are coarsely ground.

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Salt And Pepper

Walnuts

Garlic

Nuts

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Food Processor

Bowl

Add beet and radish greens and pulse until mixture is coarsely ground. With machine running, stream in 3/4 cup olive oil or more, as needed, until pesto is sufficiently loose.

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Radish Leaves