Trenette with Pesto, Beans, and Potatoes: Pesto Genovese

Name: Trenette with Pesto, Beans, and Potatoes: Pesto Genovese
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters fresh basil leaves, preferably picolo fino; 1 clove garlic, peeled; 237 milliliters young green beans or haricots verts, blanched and refreshed; 142 grams Ligurian extra-virgin olive oil; 454 grams package Trenette pasta; 237 milliliters fresh pesto; 3 Tbsps pine nuts; 6 smalls new potatoes or small red potatoes, boiled and halved; 1 pinch sea salt

Trenette with Pesto, Beans, and Potatoes: Pesto Genovese is a dairy free main course. This recipe covers 37% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 4 servings with 1260 calories, 26g of protein, and 66g of fat each. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 35 minutes. A mixture of sea salt, trenette pasta, ligurian olive oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

To make the pesto: In a large stone mortar, place the pine nuts, basil, garlic, and salt and grind with a pestle until it forms a paste.

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Pine Nuts

Garlic

Basil

Pesto

Salt

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Mortar And Pestle

Drizzle in the olive oil, beating the mixture all the while with a wooden spoon. This can also be chopped in a food processor before adding the oil. The pesto can be stored in jars, topped with extra-virgin olive oil, for several weeks.

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Olive Oil

Pesto

Cooking Oil

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Food Processor

Wooden Spoon

To make the pasta dish: Bring 6 quarts water to boil and add 2 tablespoons salt.

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Pasta

Water

Salt

Cook the pasta according to package instructions until "al dente" and drain.

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Pasta

Add pasta to a cold pan along with the beans. Toss with pesto, red potatoes and let the hot pasta and beans warm the pesto and potatoes. Do not reheat.

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Red Potato