Italian Food Recipes

Who said pesto must be made with basil? Here is a delicious pesto made of rocket salad!




INGREDIENTS (for 2 people)

160 g of Pasta (Spaghetti)
100 g of Rocket salad
40 g of Pine Nuts
1/4 of Onion
50 g of Parmesan (Italian cheese)
3 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
1/2 Glass of water
Salt & Pepper
Marjorama
2 Sweet cherry tomatoes

PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes

COOKING TIME: 15 minutes

DIFFICULTY: medium

WINE: Pigato Ligure (White wine)

PREPARATION
Wash, peel 1/4 of onion and chop it. Heat 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in a pan, add chopped onion and pine nuts and let them brown.

Wash and dry 100 g of rocket salad, put it into the pan and cook it for 5 minutes until rocket wilt. Add 1/2 glass of water and cook until water boils. Season with salt, pepper and some marjorama.

Then whip all, add some pieces of Parmesan and continue to whip until the mixture become a sauce.

Boil some water with salt for pasta, add pasta and cook it for 8 minutes.
When spaghetti are ready, pour pesto on them, mix and serve hot with 1 sweet cherry tomato.
This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!