Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Basil Mint Pesto Pasta with Tomatoes & Straw
One of 66 pesto pasta recipes we measured
from thewoksoflife.com
It ranks #1 of 66 for noodle texture among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 1 cooks on thewoksoflife.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 66.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 48% | 12% |
| protein add | 15% | 22% |
| aromatics | 4% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 1663% | 18% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 39 g | 1/3 cup walnuts ((or pine nuts, almonds, or hazelnuts)) |
| 100 g | 1 cup basil leaves |
| 1 cup mint leaves | |
| 33 g | 1/3 cup parmesan cheese |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic |
| Salt and pepper | |
| 109 g | 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil |
| 227 g | 8 oz. mezzi rigatoni ((or other short-cut pasta)) |
| 3288 g | 8 sun-dried tomatoes ((thinly sliced)) |
| 484 g | 1 pint grape tomatoes ((halved lengthwise)) |
| Strawberries ((quartered)) |
Method: 2 steps, published by thewoksoflife.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I keep seeing these recipes with strawberries and I'm really curious to find out what's this all about. Never thought it could work, but apparently it works perfectly!” — a cook, 5.0★