This vibrant, plant-based pasta isn't just delicious – it's easy, too. You'll boil pasta in the same water as the potatoes to save washing up, and make a basil pesto at the same time. It's tasty pasta, pronto!
Prep Time
20 min
Cuisine
Italian
Use within
5-6 days
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Cooking Instructions
Instructions for 2 people (double for 4)
1
Boil a kettle
Add the Kallo vegetable stock cube[s] to a large pot filled with boiled water and bring to a boil over a high heat
Slice the waxy potatoes into 1-2 cm thick discs
2
Add the potato discs to the pot and cook for an initial 4 min
3
While the potatoes are cooking, chop the basil roughly, including the stems (save some leaves for garnish!)
Peel and chop the garlic roughly
Chop the green beans in half
4
Add the tortiglioni to the potatoes and cook for a further 8 min
5
Whilst everything is cooking, add the chopped basil and garlic (don't like raw garlic? Go easy!) to a food processor
Add the cashew nuts, half of the pine nuts (save some for garnish), 70ml [140ml]olive oil, 1/2 tsp [1 tsp] salt and a very generous grind of black pepper
Blitz until very smooth – this is your basilpesto
6
Add the green beans to the potatoes and tortiglioni and cook for a further 5 min or until the potatoes, beans and tortiglioni are cooked
Once cooked, drain the greenbeans, tortiglioni and potatoes
Return everything to the pot
7
Add the basilpesto to the pot and give everything a good mix up – this is your pasta alla genovese
8
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