Trofie Al Pesto

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 500 g trofie pasta (small twisty pasta)
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove (crushed)
• 1 cup freshly grated basil
• 50 g pecorino romano cheese (grated)
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 begin to cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water.
• 2 in a seperate pot heat the oil.
• 3 once warm, add the garlic, basil, cheese, parsley, salt & pepper and pine nuts and allow to simmer for 8 minutes.
• 4 lengthen the sauce with some of the pasta water.
• 5 drain the pasta and then return it to the pot.
• 6 add the sauce and mix.
• 7 serve and add more cheese.