Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · 20-Minute Tomato Pesto Pasta
One of 66 pesto pasta recipes we measured
112 cooks on www.melskitchencafe.com rate it 4.6★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 66.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 16% | 12% |
| protein add | 11% | 22% |
| aromatics | 1% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 69% | 18% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| acid | 1% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 30 g | 1/4 cup slivered almonds |
| 312 g | 10 to 12 ounces cherry or grape tomatoes (about 2 to 3 cups) |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup packed fresh basil leaves |
| 3 g | 1 medium garlic clove (chopped) |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar |
| Pinch of red pepper flakes | |
| 4 g | 3/4 teaspoon coarse kosher salt |
| 73 g | 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil |
| 454 g | 1 pound linguine or spaghetti noodles |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (plus more for serving (optional)) |
| Fresh basil for garnish (optional) |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.melskitchencafe.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Quick, easy and amazingly delicious!! Mel has hacked into my brain, figured out exactly what I like to eat, and come up with recipes that blow my mind. This is my 3rd new Mel recipe this month! She won me over with her Beach Street Pasta. Tonight my husband, w” — a cook, 5.0★
“We have a lot of cherry tomatoes from our garden, so I've been searching for recipes to use them up. I don't really like pasta, but I loved this, as did my husband and 15 month old. Thank you so much!” — a cook, 5.0★