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Pasta with pesto, roasted root vegetables, and green beans

Pasta with pesto, potatoes and green beans

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A traditional Italian sauce made with basil, pine nuts, and olive oil, perfect for pasta.

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Recipe from Johannes Rohr, Much89, Alf1958 and 13 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total50 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodFour
  • Estimated cost$8.96 $2.24 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

4 people

pesto

  • $2.60
  • $0.09
  • $0.60
  • $1.26
  • $2.12
  • $0.03

Decoration

  • $0.52
  • $1.39
  • $0.35

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Wash the basil, remove the leaves, and dry them. ≈ 2 min
  2. Peel the garlic, remove the germ, and chop it roughly. Grate the cheeses yourself. ≈ 8 min
  3. Finely grind the pine nuts, garlic, and basil in a mortar with the salt. ≈ 3 min
  4. Add the cheeses first, then the oil gradually. ≈ 4 min
  5. Cook the chopped beans, cut into 4 to 9 cm pieces, until they are tender (salt them only towards the end of cooking), and the potatoes in salted water.
  6. Cook the pasta al dente and then mix the pesto with 3 to 4 tablespoons of the pasta cooking water.
  7. Combine pasta, ground beef, beans, and a good portion of pesto in an oven-safe dish. ≈ 3 min
  8. Mix the hazelnut butter with a little flour, then bake in a preheated oven at 150-180 °C for 15-20 minutes. Serve in the dish.

The bill

Pasta with pesto, potatoes and green beans

  • 80 g of pine nuts$2.60
  • 1 clove of garlic$0.09
  • 50 g of Parmesan cheese$0.60
  • 50 g of Pecorino Sardo or Romano cheese$1.26
  • 180 ml of olive oil$2.12
  • Large salt$0.03
  • 1 to 2 medium-sized potatoes, peeled and diced$0.52
  • 1 to 2 handfuls of green beans$1.39
  • A little butter$0.35

Total$8.96

that's $2.24 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 400 g of pasta (trenette or linguine)
  • 80 g of pine nuts
  • 4 to 5 bunches of basil (or a mixture with rocket/arugula)
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 50 g of Parmesan cheese
  • 50 g of Pecorino Sardo or Romano cheese
  • 180 ml of olive oil
  • Large salt
  • 1 to 2 medium-sized potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 1 to 2 handfuls of green beans
  • A little butter

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