Spaghetti with Parsley Almond Pesto

Name: Spaghetti with Parsley Almond Pesto
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters unsalted blanched almonds; 355 milliliters lightly packed flat-leaf parsley with thick stems removed; 1 clove garlic; 79 milliliters olive oil; 2 plum tomatoes, chopped; 1 teaspoons salt; 340 grams spaghetti

Spaghetti with Parsley Almond Pesto is a vegan recipe with 4 servings. One serving contains 551 calories, 14g of protein, and 25g of fat. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have blanched almonds, lightly flat-leaf parsley, plum tomatoes, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a food processor, puree the garlic and parsley with the salt. With the machine running, add the olive oil in a thin stream.

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Garlic

Salt

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Add the almonds and pulse to chop.

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Almonds

In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the spaghetti until just done, about 12 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water.

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Spaghetti

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Drain the spaghetti and toss with 1/4 cup of the reserved pasta water, the pesto, and the tomatoes. If the sauce seems too thick, add more of the reserved pasta water.

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Variations: Spaghetti with Parsley Almond Pesto and Parmesan: Stir 1/4 cup grated Parmesan into the parsley pesto after chopping the almonds.

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Parmesan

Almonds

Parsley

Pesto

Spaghetti with Parsley Pine-Nut Pesto: Use 1/3 cup pine nuts in place of the almonds for a more traditional pesto.

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Almonds

Parsley

Pesto

What Is Pesto?: Traditional pesto is an uncooked sauce from Genoa made with basil, garlic, olive oil, grated cheese, and pine nuts. More recently pesto, which literally means crushed, is being used as a general term to describe many herb-and-nut purees. Feel free to experiment with different herbs, nuts, and grated cheeses, depending on what you like and can get easily.

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Garlic

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Wine Recommendation: With the parsley, olive oil, and almonds, a simple, lively white wine is best. Good examples are a pinot grigio from the Alto Adige and a Vernaccia di San Gimignano from Tuscany.

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White Wine