Farfalle With Pesto

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb farfalle pasta
• 1/2 cup pine nuts
• 4 garlic cloves
• 3 cups fresh basil leaves
• 1 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup peas, defrosted
• 1 cup english cucumber, diced
• 4 green onions, sliced

Recipe

• 1 cook the pasta according to the package directions.
• 2 drain and rinse with cold water; drain again.
• 3 in a food processor or blender, process the pine nuts, garlic and basil leaves until finely chopped.
• 4 with the processor running, pour in the olive oil until combined.
• 5 add the cheese, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• 6 toss the pesto with the pasta.
• 7 mix in the peas, cucumber and green onions.
• 8 serve garnished with basil leaves.