FETTUCCINE IN BASIL PESTO SAUCE

from celebrity guest Gladys Reyes

Ingredients:

Pasta
½ kg Fettuccini Pasta (white or green)
2 quarts of water

Pasta Sauce
2 tbsps of Pine Nuts (use Almonds or Walnuts
as substitute)
¼ cup of Olive Oil or Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 cup of fresh Basil leaves (alisin ang tangkay at
huwag gagamit ng dried basil leaves)
1 medium garlic cloves
¼ tsp of salt
1–2 tbsps of freshly grated Romano cheese
1/4 cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Cooking Procedure:

1. Boil 2 quarts of water in a casserole.
2. When boiling, add 1 tbsp. of rock salt.
3. Put the fettucine to the boiling water. (Tip: Check the pasta package to know the right cooking time of the pasta you will be cooking.)
4. When it’s already cooked, drain the excess water from the pasta.
5. While cooking the pasta, you can start doing the basil pesto sauce.
6. Pour the olive oil to the blender. Then, add up the garlic, basil leaves, the pine nuts and the romano cheese in the blender.
7. Put some salt and pepper to taste. Blend very well.
8. On a pan, toss the fettucini and the blended mixture under low heat of fire.
9. After that, you can now transfer the pasta dish to a dinner plate.
10. Then garnish it with parsley and parmesan cheese.
11. You can add up grilled chicken or steak if you want.