A tasty light pasta dish with a striking look.
Ingredients
- 350 g cooked, peeled beetroot, roughly chopped
- 3 cloves smoked garlic, roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- 25 g almonds, skin on
- ½ tsp fresh red chilli finely chopped
- 15 g parmesan cheese
- 25 g fresh basil
- 50 ml olive oil, approx
- salt
- pepper to taste
- squeeze of lemon juice
- 200 g dried Tagliatelle
- 2 beetroot, washed, peeled and sliced across
- 20 fresh basil leaves
- extra Parmesan cheese for shaving
- beetroot stalk, cooked and chopped roughly
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to 200C gas 6.
- Wash and trim the beetroot, then cut off the stalks and leaves, leaving about 4 cm.
- Wrap tightly in foil and bake in the oven until soft, about 45 minutes, or simmer in salted water.
- Once cooked, remove from the oven and cool, then peel and chop up into small pieces.
- Next, place the sliced beetroot into a pan of boiling water, reboil, add the tagliatelle, cook until slightly underdone, and then strain well. Add a touch of oil to the cooked pasta, so they do not stick together, keep warm.
- Place the cooked beet, garlic, tom puree, oregano, almonds, chilli, cheese, basil and half the oil into a stick blender and blitz until you have a smoothish sauce; add more oil if needed.
- Taste and add salt, pepper and lemon to taste.
- Place the cooked warm pasta into a large bowl, add the pesto and stalks and mix well.
- Serve with deep-fried basil leaves and shavings of Parmesan.
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Nutrition Facts
Roasted Beetroot Pesto Tagliatelle
Amount per Serving
Calories
278
% Daily Value*
Fat
13
g
20
%
Saturated Fat
2
g
13
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Cholesterol
30
mg
10
%
Sodium
115
mg
5
%
Potassium
427
mg
12
%
Carbohydrates
34
g
11
%
Fiber
4
g
17
%
Sugar
7
g
8
%
Protein
8
g
16
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
