Rocket & pistachio pesto pasta

Name: Rocket & pistachio pesto pasta
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 80 g wild rocket; ½ a clove of garlic; 50 g shelled unsalted pistachios; olive oil; 25 g Parmesan cheese plus extra to serve; 1 lemon; 320 g asparagus; 300 g dried linguine

Asparagus ribbons & Parmesan

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“Making a simple pesto from scratch is quick, easy and will take your pasta dishes up a notch on the flavour front. Enjoy! ”

Serves 4

Cooks In18 minutes

DifficultyNot too tricky

Italian Mains Quick & healthy recipes

Nutrition per serving

Calories 524 26%
Fat 26.3g 38%
Saturates 4.7g 24%
Sugars 3.9g 4%
Salt 0.6g 10%
Protein 15.8g 32%
Carbs 60.9g 23%
Fibre 2.8g -

Of an adult's reference intake

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Ingredients

80 g wild rocket
½ a clove of garlic
50 g shelled unsalted pistachios
olive oil
25 g Parmesan cheese , plus extra to serve
1 lemon
320 g asparagus
300 g dried linguine

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Method

Pick 70g of wild rocket into a pestle and mortar, then bash to a paste with a pinch of sea salt.
Peel and bash in ½ a clove of garlic, then pound in 50g of unshelled pistachios until fine. Muddle in 4 tablespoons of olive oil, finely grate in 25g of Parmesan, then squeeze in the juice of 1 lemon. Season to perfection with salt and black pepper, then taste and tweak the pesto to your liking.
Cook 300g of dried linguine in a pan of boiling water according to the packet instructions, then drain, reserving a mugful of starchy cooking water.
Meanwhile, snap off the woody ends from 320g of asparagus.
Toss the pasta with the pesto, then using a speed-peeler, peel lengths of the asparagus into the pan, loosening with a splash of reserved cooking water, if needed.
Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and finish with the remaining 10g of rocket and a fine grating of Parmesan. Delicious served with a crunchy salad.

Tips

EASY SWAPS
Swap out the unshelled pistachios for walnuts, almonds, cashews or pine nuts, or replace the rocket with a soft herb, such as basil, flat-leaf parsley or mint – experiment with your favourite flavour combos.