Recipe tried out on Sept 2011.
I had 6 avocadoes that I know not what to do with it. One afternoon, I saw this recipe and I told myself to go buy some sweet basil on the next grocery trip.
I made this one afternoon, kept the other half of avocado cream for another meal. Creamy and Delicious!
Healthy too!
Creamy Avocado Pesto Pasta
Recipe source: Dinners Dishes and Desserts
Serves 2
150gm pasta of choice
1 avocado (I used 1 Hass)
25gm sweet basil (1/2 pack of sold in supermarkets), take the leaves only
1 clove garlic
1 tsp salt (use less if you intend to finish this up yourself, but I’m dressing enough pasta for 2)
1 Tbsp lemon/lime juice
Pepper to taste
*you can add some olive oil, but I didn’t.
1. Cook pasta according to packaging’s instructions.
2. While you are cooking your pasta, prepare the avocado cream. Blitz everything else into a paste (I used the mill attachment with my stand blender).
3. When pasta is done and drained, mix the avocado cream and toss well. Add some pasta cooking water if it's too dry. Or milk if preferred. Sprinkle with more pepper if you like
Tadah! Easy?
Let's take a slurp...............
This looks fantastic...I love avocado over pasta! Great photos!
ReplyDeletenice addition of avocado to pesto.. green green same same.. Hahaha
ReplyDeleteLyndsey,
ReplyDeleteThanks
Swee San,
Haha, yawoh.
No pine nuts? Your pix looks great.
ReplyDeleteI like this healthy pasta!!, yum yum..If top up with a piece of grill salmon, lagi sedap..but luxury a bit, hehehe..
ReplyDeleteI love it. Haha..another recipe for avocado. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteanything with avocado in it, sure to be a healthy one. But unfortunate, I wasn't the in thing for avocado.....
ReplyDeleteEVC,
ReplyDeleteNo, the avocado here adds the "nuttiness" factor, but I'd say, pine nuts still taste better.
Sonia,
can can..
Cass,
Collecting avocado recipes huh, LOL
Mel,
I dun tell u, u also won't know it's in there.
Mmmmm! more avocado! And on pasta too! I have to try that.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this easy recipe. I will try .
ReplyDeleteCan I clarify, when you said you use 1 Avocado (1Hass)..its means you use up 1 "Biji" or half side only?
Avocado for pesto. This is genius!
ReplyDeletehi wendy, so 1 avocado can yield enough paste for 4 pax? always wanted to try out an avocado recipe and this looks perfect! .. mama
ReplyDeleteI just love your pictures, all the food looked fantastic.
ReplyDeleteNice color of the pasta. Unusual compares to the normal red tomato paste and yellow cheesie one. Green certainly promotes "healthy". Hehehe!
ReplyDeleteSharon,
ReplyDeletehope u like it
Little Lamb,
Hass is a variety of Avocado, just like granny smith is a variety of apple. I did not mean Half.
Hope this clears your doubt.
Experimental Cook,
to the person who discovered this, that person is the genius, not me, LOL
mama,
as said in the recipe, "serves 2"
double it if you want to feed 4 adults
Loveforfood,
thansk
yvonne,
Oh yes, this is 100% healthy, nothing hidden behind to trick,LOL.
i've always had pesto with basil and parmesan only, but now that i see your recipe, i'm thinking, why haven't i thought about using avocado before! sure looks yummy and i can imagine the creaminess would be awesome!
ReplyDeletea big ' slurrrrppp ' for me, that's a very clever idea of making pesto. you know, i never tried using my mill attachment to blend stuff like that, i thought they wouldnt move!! LOL! when there's no water added, i usually use food processor but sometimes very small amt, also very leceh!
ReplyDeleteWah, yummy...i think best to serve with pine nut. :oP
ReplyDeletewah.... creamy textures made super creamy with avocado!!! must try one day!
ReplyDeleteslurp, slurp! can finish that plate easily, I like the color of this pasta:D
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried this before. But it sure looks v appetizing! :)
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! Avocado pasta?! That's so delicious!! My mouth is already watering Wendy!! What a decadent meal!
ReplyDeleteIve never used avocado like this . It looks really nice!
ReplyDeleteHi Wendy, just to let you know that I have tried the above recipe and it tasted good (at least for me). I didnt use it for pasta. Instead I use it as a spread over my bread. Will be coming here more often when you have easy-peasy recipes to share. Thanks again and have a good week.
ReplyDeleteLittleLamb,
ReplyDeleteThat sounds delish, on bread!