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Cheese-basil pesto with spinach pasta

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Ingredients for 2 servings:

  • 200 g mountain cheese or Gruyère, grated
  • 25 basil leaves
  • 8 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 50 g butter
  • 300 g pasta, spinach pasta or spaghetti, cooked
  • Pepper, black from the mill

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

also for spaghetti

Cook the pasta. Finely chop the garlic cloves and basil leaves in a food processor or with an immersion blender. Gradually add the cheese and olive oil and blend until a smooth pesto forms. Add the butter and the still-hot, drained pasta to a hot pasta bowl and toss with the pesto. Season to taste with pepper. Serve with a green salad.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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