It's hard to believe that this tasty dish is so easy to prepare and with very few ingredients.
Pasta, in this case Linguine, is enrobed with basil, cheese, olive oil, garlic, salt and pine nuts.
I stopped measuring for this recipe a long time ago but it goes something like this.
- Fill your blender with fresh washed and dried basil leaves.
- add one clove of garlic, cut into 2-3 pieces.
- add about 3-4 tablespoons of cheese either pecorino romano or parmesean.
- pulse the blender while streaming in EV olive oil until it starts to churn on its own about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of oil.
This will make about 2 cups of sauce for about 1 pound of pasta.
While the pasta is boiling, lightly toast pine nuts until golden brown.
Mix the drained pasta with the sauce and sprinkle the pine nuts over the top.
ENJOY!
-A nice variation is to add split raw cherry tomatoes and grilled shrimp to top the pasta.
