The kids wanted spaghetti in pesto sauce. I'd run of out ready made pesto sauce and didn't have pine nuts to make fresh pesto. So this is what I rustled up by shuffling a couple of recipes from the internet!
3/4 cups basil leaves
1/4 cups peanuts
4 tbsp cheese
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp garlic paste
Salt and pepper to taste
3/4 cups milk
Method
Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the packet, and reserve about 1/2 cup of the water that it was cooked in.
Roast the peanuts till the raw smell goes. Cool.
Grind the roasted peanuts in a blender till they form clunky pieces. Add basil leaves and blend till the leaves get chopped fine. Add garlic paste, olive oil and cheese, and blend till it forms a smooth paste.
Heat the milk, and when it starts boiling, add the ground pesto sauce and mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Add the pasta, and mix well, adding some of the reserved water if required.
Garnish with basil leaves and serve.
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