Pesto Goat Cheese Pasta
Bursting with fresh spinach and basil, there’s nutty “butteriness” from the toasted walnuts and parmigiano-reggiano with a bit of zing from garlic and lemon to really brighten everything up. It truly is a fresh and vibrant pasta dish that will be a perfect accompaniment to any Spring picnic.
httpv://youtu.be/ThV2O3N0tTU
Eat Your Greens!
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Author: The Squishy Monster
Serves: 6 Servings
Ingredients
- 4 c fresh spinach (or arugula)
- 2 c fresh basil
- ¼ c toasted walnuts
- 2 cloves garlic
- ½ c freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Juice of half a lemon
- ½ c *extra-virgin* olive oil
- 1 lb pasta of any shape
- 4-6 oz goat cheese
- Few tablespoons of reserved pasta water
Instructions
- In a food processor, blitz together your greens, nuts, garlic, cheese, salt, pepper, lemon, and oil. Blend until smooth (or chunky).
- To your hot pasta, add your pesto, goat cheese, and dribble in enough pasta water to thin it out a bit.
- Serve warm with crusty buttered bread.
Make your very own homemade goat cheese!
{A very big thank you to Stilphen for guest editing}
For the love of veggies,
Your Squishy Monster ^.~
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This pasta looks fab-greens and all!
=)
Great video! I love fresh pesto. We grow basil on our back porch in the summer so it’s one of our favorite warm weather meals!
Hi Angela! Pesto sauce is yummy and very versatile! Love your video! You look so comfortable in front of the camera!
What a great dressing for pasta! Such a welcome twist to they typical tomato based sauces. And a pretty healthy combo at that!
omg this sounds so delicious! so many delicious things in this pesto!
What a great way to get more spinach into our diets! Thank you for sharing such a delicious recipe. I can’t wait to give it a try. I hope you are having a beautiful day!
Thanks for sharing. This looks like an awesome dish.
Tasty looking dish! Can’t wait to try it!
Your picture is making me crave for this wonderful pasta. Pesto pasta is my fav dish!
Your pasta sounds delicious! I’d have it with arugula: love it!
Your pasta sounds delicious! I’d have it with argula: love it!
I tried to make my own goats ricotta after being told by the ‘goat man’ that it wouldn’t work. It worked.. but out of 1 litre, I only got a small handful. Oh well. Love this recipe. All of my favourite things in one dish
Mmm…. Looks good. Way better than the pasta I tried to make myself the other day.
So easy, I think I’ll get baby brother to try it.
I love when I can create things in the kitchen against all odds =)
a nice peppery arugula would be nice in this…definitely!
Pesto is just so great. I love it with gnocchi too!
Can I have bacon chocolate Madeleines for dessert? =)
I know baby would appreciate all the iron and folic acid =) I hope you are too, love!
thanks, y’all!
ooh, I need to get on that as well…unlimited basil sounds like a beautiful thing to me!
You could def. do just the pesto but I love the naughtiness that the goat cheese brings, lol
Thank you very much, Chef!!
What a coincidence, I have a pesto post in the very near future! But I do like your variation on the traditional recipe. I must remember to give it a go. Now I’m off to see your goats cheese recipe; I’ve made ricotta before, but never goats cheese, so I’m excited to try this. I just hope I can find goats milk.
Love this green sauce and cannot wait to try!!My kids would absolutely love it!!Thanks for a lovely recipe
Lots of spinach and basil! What a healthy and delicious looking pasta!
Thanks, Nami. I really appreciate it.
Thanks for watching, Soni! ^.^
Can’t wait to see it, Eva =)