serves
4
prep
10 minutes
cook
15 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
4
people
preparation
10
minutes
cooking
15
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
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Pesto
episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • cooking • 25m
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episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • cooking • 25m
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Ingredients
- 500 g dried trofie or other short pasta
- 3 potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-cm dice
- 80 g baby green beans, trimmed
Pesto alla Genovese
- 2 cups basil leaves
- 1 garlic clove
- salt, to season
- 40 g (¼ cup) pine nuts
- 125 ml (½ cup) extra-virgin olive oil
- 50 g (½ cup) grated parmesan, plus extra, to serve
Instructions
- For the pesto, place the basil and garlic in a mortar and season with salt. Grind to a paste, then add the pine nuts and continue to grind until the paste is smooth. Drizzle in the olive oil a little at a time and continue to grind and emulsify, then stir through the parmesan.
- Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil and season with salt. Cook the trofie according to packet directions, adding the potato 10 minutes before the end of cooking time, and the green beans 3 minutes before the end of cooking. Drain, reserving 125 ml (½ cup) of the pasta water.
- Transfer the pasta, potato and beans to a bowl or large frying pan. Toss with the pesto, adding a little of the pasta water to emulsify. Transfer to a warm serving plate and serve with grated parmesan.
Photography by Danielle Abou Karam.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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