Meal Twenty - Quick Pasta & Pesto

For a light lunch, I really enjoy a plate of pasta. It's quick, filling and tasty.
I like the fact it's so versatile. You can put it with a tomato sauce, a cream sauce or something very simple like I've done today - pesto!
Don't bother with the shop bought pestos as nice as they are, as the homemade version is just as quick and easy and above all tasty!

Ingredients:

50g pine nuts

large bunch of basil

50g parmesan or pecorino cheese

150ml olive oil

2 garlic gloves

200g fusilli bucati pasta

Method:

1. Bring a frying pan up to a high heat and toast the pine nuts until golden.

2. Add the pine nuts, garlic cloves, cheese, basil leaves and storks and olive oil to a food processor and blend until smooth.

3. Add the pasta to some salted boiling water and cook between 10 and 12 minutes. (I like a bit of a bite to the pasta so cook for 10 minutes).

4. Drain the pasta and return to the sauce pan. Add two to three large spoons of pesto to the pasta and stir through.

5. Serve with a grating of cheese and a touch of olive oil.

Tip:

The pesto will keep for a good couple of weeks if you don't use it all.

Pop the remaining mixture into a jar and cover with some more olive oil.