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PASTA, GREEN BEANS AND POTATOES WITH PESTO



Pasta, Green Beans and Potatoes With Pesto image

The most elegant pasta dish that Italian cooks have ever invented is astonishingly simple to make. Here, the magical green sauce is tossed with trenette (or any long pasta you can twirl around a fork), tender slices of potato and barely blanched green beans.

Provided by Nancy Harmon Jenkins

Categories     dinner, weeknight, pastas, main course, side dish

Time 30m

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 cups packed tender young basil leaves
1/4 cup pine nuts
1 teaspoon salt
2 plump garlic cloves, peeled and crushed with flat blade of a knife
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, or more to taste
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, or more to taste
Salt to taste
1/2 pound small potatoes, peeled and sliced about 1/4-inch thick
1/4 pound tender young green beans, cut into 1-inch lengths
1 pound trenette, or other long, thin pasta

Steps:

  • Make pesto: In the bowl of food processor, add basil, pine nuts, salt and garlic. Pulse until mixture is coarse and grainy. With the motor running, add oil in slow, steady stream. Add cheese; process just enough to mix well. If sauce is too dry, add a little more oil. Taste; add more cheese or salt, if desired.
  • Bring 6 quarts water to rolling boil. Add at least 2 tablespoons salt and the potato slices. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until potatoes have started to soften but are not cooked through. Add green beans, and continue boiling another 5 minutes.
  • Add pasta, and stir. Start testing pasta at 5 minutes. When it is done, and when potatoes and beans are tender, drain and turn pasta and vegetables immediately into preheated bowl. Add pesto, and mix thoroughly. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 414, UnsaturatedFat 15 grams, Carbohydrate 49 grams, Fat 19 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 12 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 304 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams

PESTO PASTA WITH POTATOES AND GREEN BEANS RECIPE



Pesto Pasta With Potatoes and Green Beans Recipe image

This classic Genovese method of preparing pasta with pesto includes cubes of potato and pieces of green bean, all cooked together in the pasta pot until tender.

Provided by Daniel Gritzer

Categories     Entree     Side Dish     Mains     Pesto     Quick Dinners     Pasta

Time 15m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 7

Kosher salt
1 pound (450g) dried pasta, such as trenette , linguine, or mafalde
5 ounces peeled Yukon Gold potato (140g; about 1/2 medium), cut into 3/4-inch cubes
4 ounces (110g) green beans or haricots verts (about 20 green beans or 30 haricots verts), stems trimmed and cut into 1-inch lengths on a bias
1 recipe pesto sauce
Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
Grated Parmigiano Reggiano, for serving

Steps:

  • In a large pot of salted boiling water, boil pasta, potato, and green beans until pasta is al dente and potato and green beans are very tender. Drain, reserving 1 cup cooking water, and transfer pasta, potato, and green beans to a large mixing or serving bowl.
  • Add pesto sauce to pasta along with 1/4 cup pasta cooking water. Toss well to emulsify pesto and pasta water into a creamy sauce. Add more pasta water, 1 tablespoon at a time, as needed, if pasta is too dry. Drizzle in fresh olive oil, if desired. Serve with Parmigiano Reggiano on the side.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 422 kcal, Carbohydrate 33 g, Cholesterol 14 mg, Fiber 3 g, Protein 11 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 509 mg, Sugar 2 g, Fat 28 g, ServingSize Serves 4, UnsaturatedFat 0 g

FETTUCINE WITH PESTO, GREEN BEANS AND POTATOES



Fettucine with Pesto, Green Beans and Potatoes image

Categories     Bean     Pasta     Potato     Vegetarian     Green Bean     Spring     Family Reunion     Potluck     Bon Appétit

Yield Makes 6 Servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

3 cups (packed) fresh basil leaves (about 6 ounces)
3/4 cup olive oil (preferably extra-virgin)
1/3 cup pine nuts
3 tablespoons walnuts
2 garlic cloves
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (about 3 ounces)
8 ounces green beans, trimmed, halved
8 ounces white potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
12 ounces fettuccine

Steps:

  • Blend basil, 1/4 cup oil, pine nuts, walnuts and garlic cloves in processor until finely chopped. Add grated Parmesan cheese. With machine running, gradually blend in remaining &§ cup oil. Set pesto aside.
  • Cook green beans in large pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Using 4- to 5-inch-diameter strainer, transfer beans to large bowl. Return cooking water to boil. Add white potatoes and boil until tender, about 7 minutes. Remove potatoes with same strainer and transfer to bowl with beans. Return cooking water to boil. Add fettuccine to same pot. Boil until pasta is just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup cooking water. Return green beans, white potatoes and cooked pasta to pot. Add pesto and toss to coat. Gradually add enough reserved cooking water to coat pasta with moist sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

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