📋Pasta With Creamy Sicilian Pistachio Pesto Sauce

This pistachio pesto pasta is a mouth-watering dish featuring a luscious pistachio sauce made from the finest Sicilian pistachios from Bronte. With its creamy texture and exquisite flavor, Pasta al Pistacchio is a beloved classic in Sicilian cuisine.

Course Pasta

Cuisine Italian

Diet Vegetarian

Keyword Pistachio pasta, pistachio pasta sauce, pistachio pesto

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings people

Calories 568kcal

Author Laura Tobin

Equipment

Ingredients

1 cup peeled whole pistachios
1 ½ cup fresh basil leaves
2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 pinch salt
1 lb pasta corta
½ tablespoon salt for pasta
½ cup freshly grated Parmesan

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Instructions

Make the pistachio pesto

In a food processor, place the basil leaves, the pistachios, a pinch of salt and the extra virgin olive oil. Garlic clove is optional.
1 cup peeled whole pistachios, 1 ½ cup fresh basil leaves, 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, 1 pinch salt
Mince with the high-speed blender until all the pistachios are chopped

Cook the pasta

Bring to boil a large pot of salted water
½ tablespoon salt for pasta
Once the water is boiling, pour in the pasta and cook for one minute less than what is written in the package instructions.
1 lb pasta corta
While the pasta is boiling, add a few tablespoons of the cooking water to the pistachio paste and blend.
Add more water until you reach the desired consistency of the pesto. It should have a creamy texture.
Once the pasta is cooked, add it to the pesto sauce and serve immediately with some freshly grated parmesan cheese or Pecorino cheese to sprinkle on top
½ cup freshly grated Parmesan

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Notes

You do not need to add heavy cream or butter to have a creamy pistachio sauce.

Heavy cream is not a common ingredient used in the South of Italy.

It would make this pistachio basil pesto too rich, while we want to keep it light and fresh.

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