Wholegrain penne with sage pesto

Total: 20 min. | Active: 20 min.
vegetarian, lactose-free

Ingredients

for 2 person

Pesto
40 g almonds
20  sage leaves
garlic clove
¾ dl olive oil
40 g grated Parmesan
1 pinch salt
a little  pepper
Penne
200 g whole-grain pasta (e.g. penne)
  salted water, boiling
a little  grated Parmesan

How it's done

Pesto

Toast the almonds in a non-stick frying pan for approx. 3 mins., leave to cool. Blitz the almonds, sage and garlic in a food processor. Mix in the oil and cheese, season.

Penne

Cook the pasta in boiling salted water until just al dente, drain the pasta, reserve approx. 100 ml of the cooking water and set aside. Mix the pesto, pasta and reserved cooking water, scatter a little parmesan on top.

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