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Ingredients
for
4
Pasta with Walnut and Sun-dried Tomato Pesto
30 min.
Time:
532
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
87 / 100
Ingredientsfor
- Ingredients
- 400 grams Rigatoni
- 100 grams sun-dried tomatoes (in oil)
- 6 pickled garlic cloves (in oil)
- 8 whole Walnut
- 30 grams shelled Pistachio
- 1 Tbsp Pumpkin seed oil
- 2 Tbsps sunflower oil
- 3 Tbsps pecorino romano (grated)
- 30 grams Arugula (fresh)
- salt
- peppers
How healthy are the main ingredients?
Pistachiopecorino romanoArugulaPumpkin seed oilgarlic cloveWalnut
Preparation
1.
Cook pasta in plenty of salted water until al dente, according to package instructions. Drain sun-dried tomatoes, reserving oil. Shell walnuts and finely chop. Finely chop pistachios. In a pan, heat tomatoes, garlic, walnuts and pistachios. Stir in pumpkin seed oil, 2 tablespoons sunflower oil and grated pecorino. Add one ladleful of pasta water. Season with salt and pepper. Rinse and finely chop arugula. Mix with sauce, and season with reserved sun-dried tomato oil.
2.
Drain pasta, mix with pesto, and season to taste. Serve immediately.
Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 532 cal. | (25 %) | ||
| Protein | 18 g | (18 %) | ||
| Fat | 17 g | (15 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 76 g | (51 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 0 g | (0 %) | ||
| Roughage | 7.6 g | (25 %) |