Pesto Trapenese

This is my go to pasta sauce. I return to it from time to time because I almost always have all the ingredients needed for the pesto.

Is it too bad that I prefer this pesto over the green basil one?

You can use any pasta shape you want but I had a packet of fettuccine so thats what I went with.

Quick and easy pesto

Ingredients:
Half a packet pasta or your choice
3 ripe tomatoes
1/4 cup almonds
2 clove or garlic
A small handful of fresh basil
3 dried red chillies
50g Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
125ml (1/2 cup) extra virgin olive oil
Salt to season the pasta cooking water
Half a loaf of baguette (optional)

Procedure:

1. Place a large pot of water on high flame and let the water boil vigorously. Season this water with plenty of salt and drop in the pasta. Stir once in a while and cook according to packet instructions or till the pasta is al-dente (cooked on the outside but the inside is a tiny bit uncooked; you need your pasta to be slightly undercooked because the pasta will continue to cook in its residual heat.)
2. Meanwhile, roughly chop the tomatoes and add it to the blender jar. Peel the garlic cloves and add them in too. Now break the red chilies and bung in along with the almonds and fresh basil. Cover and blitz till smooth.
3. Now hive off a small amount of the pasta cooking water and add a tiny splash of it into the tomato sauce. Pour over the olive oil too and blend again to emulsify the sauce.
4. Now drain the pasta and give it a toss or two. Tumble the pasta into a pan and add the sauce. Stir to coat each strand of pasta and add a splash more of the pasta cooking water if you pasta begins to get clumpy.
5. Strew more fresh basil and grate over as much cheese as you want. 

Always love a pasta dish when it is raining outside

Serve a generous amount of pasta onto each plate, grate over more cheese if you want and to mop up any bits of sauce from the place serve a few bits of bread on the side (this is optional) and eat.

I so enjoyed this. Truly yummy

Serves 4 greedy people.

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