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Green Pea Pasta with Sunflower Seed Pesto served in a while ceramic plate on a whitish rough surface

Green Pea Gluten Free-Pasta with Sunflower Seed Pesto


  • Author: Liz Fetchin

Description

Pasta without gluten can still be good!


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 cup fresh basil, packed (or try kale or parsley), plus a few extra leaves for garnish
  • ½ cup raw, unsalted pumpkin seeds
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • ½ tsp each of salt and black pepper
  • 1 cup frozen green peas
  • 1 lb gluten-free green pasta, such as Fresh Thyme’s Green Pea Fusilli
  • Violife Just Like Parmesan, optional garnish

Instructions

  1. Place greens, pumpkin seeds, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper into your food processor and blend until a very fine chop is achieved.
  2. Taste, and adjust salt, pepper, olive oil or lemon juice until just right. Place in pasta serving bowl.
  3. Rinse frozen peas in warm water to defrost. Drain well. Add to pasta serving bowl.
  4. Prepare pasta per package instructions. Add pasta to serving bowl and toss until coated with sauce.
  5. Garnish with grated Violife Just Like Parmesan. Add roughly chopped basil leaves and serve.