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Key Ingredients in This Recipe
You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.
- Pasta – any kind you like. A pesto adheres to any pasta, but specifically to pasta shapes with edges and curls.
- Celery
- Spinach
- Garlic – paste or fresh
- Orange juice and zest
- Pecorino Romano cheese
- Pistachio nuts
How to Make Pasta with Orange Pistachio Pesto
Step 1 – Cook the pasta according to the directions on the packaging.
Step 2 – Make the pesto by transferring spinach, cheese, orange juice, orange zest (keep a little bit aside for garnish), garlic paste, pistachio nuts, salt, pepper and olive oil into a food processor and pulse until smooth.
Step 3 – In the meantime, add a tablespoon of olive oil to a skillet and add the chopped celery. Cook for about 5 minutes.
Step 4 – Add pasta to the skillet with celery and add most of the pesto. Mix and divide over 2 plates or bowl.
Drizzle a little bit of left-over pesto over the pasta, garnish with shavings of Pecorino Romano cheese and orange zest.
Other Recipe of Pesto to Try
Pasta with Orange Pistachio Pesto
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- 4 ounces pasta, shape of your choice
- 2.5 ounces spinach
- 2 stalks celery
- 1/2 orange, zest
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic paste
- 1 tablespoon pistachio nuts
- 1 ounce Pecorino Romano Cheese, grated
- 0.25 ounces Pecorino Romano cheese, shavings
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to the directions on the packaging.
- Make the pesto by transferring spinach, cheese, orange juice, orange zest, garlic paste, pistachio nuts, salt, pepper and olive oil into a food processor and pulse until smooth.
- In the meantime, add a tablespoon of olive oil to a skillet and add the chopped celery. Cook for about 5 minutes.
- Add pasta to the skillet with celery and add most of the pesto. Mix and divide over 2 plates or bowl.
- Drizzle a little bit of left-over pesto over the pasta, garnish with shavings of Pecorino Romano cheese and orange zest.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.