How to Prepare Homemade Vegan Pesto with Farfalle Pasta

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have vegan pesto with farfalle pasta using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Vegan Pesto with Farfalle Pasta:

1. Prepare For Farfalle pasta-
2. Prepare 2 cups fresh basil, packed, stems removed, washed and dried
3. Take 6-8 grapes or cherry tomatoes cut in half
4. Take 2 cloves garlic, minced
5. Make ready 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
6. Make ready 1 tsp. lemon juice, preferably fresh squeezed
7. Make ready to taste Black pepper and salt

Steps to make Vegan Pesto with Farfalle Pasta:

1. For pesto- In a food processor, pulse the garlic, 2 Tbsp. pine nuts (set aside the rest to be used as a garnish), lemon juice, and basil leaves .
2. While the food processor is running, if possible, carefully and slowly drizzle in the olive oil. The goal here is to create a smooth emulsion. Occasionally, you might have to stop and scrape the sides of the bowl .
3. Season with salt and pepper.
4. If you are not going to use all of the pesto, then you can freeze it for up to 3 months in an airtight container.
5. For Pasta - Boil pasta with some salt, according to the cooking instructions.
6. Save 2 to 3 Tbsp. of water at the time of draining.
7. Toss pesto into the pasta along with the saved water, halved tomatoes and 1 tbsp. pine nuts (optional taste good).
8. Garnish with basil before serving.
9. NOTES - - - Leftover pesto can be frozen. I like to use it as a spread on my toast - If you do not have access to pine nuts, you can always use walnuts or pistachios - Skip the nuts, to make pistou instead.

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