By Angelo Coassin (Cooking with Bello) 🍝

AVOCADO PESTO PASTA

Name: AVOCADO PESTO PASTA
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 13 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 360gr pasta; -1 large avocado; -30gr basil; -1 garlic clove (optional); -the juice of lemon; -40gr pine nuts (you can use cashews or almonds as well); 2 tablespoons Parmigiano cheese; -6 spoons extra virgin olive oil; -a pinch of salt

4 steps

Prep:5minCook:8min

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:30:37 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories649.2 kcal (32%)

Total Fat34.1 g (49%)

Carbs72.6 g (28%)

Sugars2.8 g (3%)

Protein14.7 g (29%)

Sodium102.8 mg (5%)

Fiber6.2 g (22%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

360 grpasta

30 grbasil

40 grpine nuts

you can use cashews or almonds as well

2 tablespoonsparmigiano cheese

6 spoonsextra virgin olive oil

salt

Instructions

Step 1

In a blender, mix your avocado with basil, the juice of a quarter of a lemon, pine nuts, extra virgin olive oil, salt, a garlic clove and Parmigiano cheese.

Step 2

Boil your pasta in some salted water, then mix it with your sauce, adding some pasta water to make it “mamma mia”!

Step 3

If you want to make it extra sexy, you can garnish with some cherry tomatoes!

Step 4

Buon appetito!