Photo: Spring Pea-sto with Whole-Wheat Penne Recipe
Ingredients
- Salt
- 1 pound whole-wheat penne pasta
- 1 package frozen peas, defrosted
- 1/4 cup lightly toasted pine nuts
- 1 cup packed basil leaves
- 6 to 8 sprigs fresh tarragon, leaves stripped
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano, a couple of handfuls, plus more for serving
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it
- Freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Bring a large pot of water up to a boil then season water with salt and cook penne to al dente. Heads up: you will need to reserve 1 or 2 ladles of starchy cooking water, 1/2 to 3/4 cup, before draining the pasta.
Place 1/2 of the peas in the bottom of a large serving dish. Place the rest of the peas in a food processor with the pine nuts, basil, tarragon leaves, lemon zest, cheese and olive oil. Add a little salt and pepper then process the pesto into rough paste, adjust seasonings.
Pour starchy water over peas in bowl then add pesto. Pour hot, drained pasta over the pesto and toss vigorously to coat and combine. Adjust seasoning and serve, passing extra cheese at the table.
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By konnysan
on April 20, 2011
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I usually love Rachael Ray, but I'm not so impressed with this one. Unless you really love peas. It's just too overpowering. Sorry!
By meganlee530_129...
Greenville, 80
on June 23, 2010
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This is such a great summer dish! I had it tonight with my family and we loved it! It fairly easy to make and really yummy. I will definitely be making this dish again soon : Give it a try!
By lovealla_11378797
Amherst, NY
on February 20, 2010
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I couldn't eat this myself, and after giving it to my boyfriend who is a human garbage disposal he said, "I think that's the worst thing I have ever eaten," and this after a bad experience of eating fish tacos in an airport. (just to put his sentiment in to perspective I followed the recipe and we both like peas but this was...just gross. If I could give it no stars, I would. Big waste of money.
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