Pesto may be one of the easy and delicious ways to eat your greens. You can make this Kale Pesto Pasta as green as you want, as cheesy as you want and as spicy as you want, with very little extra effort
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time7 minutesmins
Total Time17 minutesmins
Servings: 2people
Author: Marinka
Ingredients
4ounces pasta
salt
Pecorino Romano cheesegarnish
Kale Pesto
1cup kale
1.5ouncesPecorino Romano cheese
2.5tablespoonsolive oil
2tablespoons pine nuts
1/2clovegarlic
salt & pepper
Instructions
Make the pesto, by adding kale, olive oil, garlic, Pecorino Romano cheese, pine nuts and salt & pepper into a food processor. Process as fine or as coarse as you want it to be.
Cook the pasta in salted water according to the directions on the packaging. Drain and reserve some of the pasta water.
Return the pasta to the pan, add the pesto and mix. Allow the cheese in the pesto to melt and add some pasta water is you like it a little thinner.