Pesto Linguine In Fresh Tomato Sauce Food

TOMATO PESTO

Steps:

• Combine the tomatoes, garlic, basil, olive oil, vinegar, and salt and pepper, to taste, in a blender and puree until smooth. Add the cheese and blend briefly just to mix. Transfer to a bowl and adjust the seasoning.

PESTO WITH LINGUINI

Steps:

• Using a pestle and mortar, combine the basil, cheeses, pine nuts, garlic, and salt and grind until a paste is formed. Add the olive oil slowly and mix with the mashed basil mixture until well combined.
• Prepare pasta in boiling water and drain. Using a hot skillet, place pasta in skillet and add the pesto to the warm pasta. Stir the pesto into the pasta and serve.

ZITI WITH TOMATO-PESTO SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ziti pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes. Drain.
• Meanwhile, in a saucepan over medium-low heat, mix together the pesto and basil tomato sauce. Bring to a simmer, and season with salt to taste. (You can also heat the sauce in a covered microwave-safe bowl: cook on high for one minute.)
• Place pasta in a large serving bowl. Toss with pesto-tomato sauce. Top with grated Parmesan cheese.

SPAGHETTI WITH QUICK PESTO TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Set up your grill for cooking with direct and indirect heat. If using a charcoal grill, build the coals on one side only. If using a gas grill, heat one side only.
• Make the tomato sauce: Combine the tomatoes along with their juices, butter, red pepper flakes, bay leaves, onion halves and a pinch of salt in a very large saucepan or skillet. Place over the indirect-heat side of the grill and bring to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, for about 45 minutes, stirring occasionally and using a potato masher to smash the whole tomatoes at the halfway mark. Discard the onion and bay leaves.
• Make the pesto: In the bowl of a food processor, pulse together the garlic and nuts until chopped. Add the basil with a pinch of salt and pulse until it makes coarse crumbs. Transfer to a mixing bowl and add the Parmesan and olive oil. Mix until well combined. Season with salt and pepper.
• Place a large pot of salted water over the direct-heat side of the grill and bring to a boil. Cook the pasta 2 minutes less than the package directions, then scoop out into the tomato sauce, adding 1/2 cup pasta water. Toss to coat, then remove from the heat. (If the pasta is too dry, add some more pasta water.) Stir half the pesto mixture into the pasta. Plate and serve immediately with more pesto over the top.

LINGUINE PASTA WITH BASIL PESTO SAUCE

Steps:

• Set salted water to boil for pasta.
• Once water is boiling, cook linguine until al dente.
• In the meantime, purée basil, pine nuts, Parmesan, garlic, olive oil and salt and pepper in a food.
• processor or blender.
• If the pesto seems too thick, you may thin slightly using the pasta water.
• Drain linguine well and toss together with pesto.
• Mound pasta on individual plates or a.
• warm platter and garnish with the basil leaf ribbons and grated Parmesan.

PESTO & TOMATO PASTA WITH CRISPY CRUMBS

Steps:

• Gently cook the onion and half the garlic in 2 tbsp olive oil for 10 mins until soft. Stir in the tomatoes and sugar and simmer for 15-20 mins until saucy. Stir in half the pesto, some seasoning and a few capers or olives, if you have them. Cover and keep warm.
• While the sauce is simmering, heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Toss the crumbs in a large baking tray with the remaining 2 tbsp olive oil, the rest of the garlic, the pine nuts and Parmesan, if Simple yet special storecupboard supper using. Bake for 10 mins, stirring a few times, until golden. Dot over the butter and return to the oven for 2 mins more.
• Meanwhile, bring a pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta. Drain, reserving a little cooking water. Stir through the sauce with a splash of cooking water to loosen, if you need to, ripple through the remaining pesto and serve scattered with golden crumbs.

LINGUINE WITH RED PESTO CLAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook linguine in a large pot of salted water. Boil for 1 minute less than the instructions on the box say to cook it for. Strain but do not rinse.
• Meanwhile, heat olive oil over medium heat in a large frying pan. Add onion and garlic and sauté for 5 minutes or until translucent. Do not brown them.
• Strain the liquid from the clams and add liquid to pan. Set clams aside. Add the white wine and white wine vinegar and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 4 minutes. Lower heat slightly. Add clams, pesto, oregano and nutmeg to wine mixture and heat through. Stir until combined and salt and pepper to taste.
• Add warm pasta and parsley, heat through and toss to combine. Garnish with parmesan and parsley and serve immediately!

LINGUINE WITH PESTO, TOMATO AND ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Prepare pasta according to package directions.
• Heat oil in a large skillet.
• Add zucchini and onion; cook until zucchini is almost tender.
• Add garlic and tomatoes; reduce heat to low.
• Cook until juices evaporate.
• Add pesto to hot pasta; toss to coat.
• Add zucchini mixture; stir to combine.
• Season with salt and ground black pepper.
• Top with basil and cheese.

LINGUINE WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATO PESTO

Steps:

• Blend first 5 ingredients in processor until nuts are finely chopped. With machine running, gradually add oil, then 1/2 cup water, blending until almost smooth. Transfer pesto to bowl. Mix in 1/3 cup cheese. Season to taste with salt.
• Cook linguine in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain, reserving 1 cup cooking water. Return pasta to pot. Add pesto and toss to coat, adding enough reserved water to form thin sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Serve, passing remaining cheese.