Basil and cashew nut pesto pasta with peas

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For a quick and nourishing supper, try this pasta recipe with homemade cashew nut, garlic and basil pesto with a handful of peas and pine nuts

Basil and cashew nut pesto pasta with peas

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Ingredients

  • pasta for four

  • two handfuls of frozen garden peas

  • 100g feta, crumbled

  • 2 tbsp basil pesto (below)

  • handful of pine nuts

  • For the pesto:

  • 50g cashew nuts

  • 50g Parmesan, roughly grated

  • 80g basil, washed and then roughly chopped

  • 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped

  • 120ml olive oil

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Method

  1. Put the pasta on to boil in lightly salted water and drain when cooked.

  2. Place the peas in boiled water for five minutes, test that they are heated through.

  3. To make the pesto, place all of the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and use a hand blender to blitz until the pesto reaches your desired consistency.

  4. Toss two tablespoons of the pesto through the pasta and stir in the peas and the crumbled feta.

  5. Sprinkle with some cracked black pepper and the rest of the chopped nuts.

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