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Lemon basil pistou pasta with cocktail sausages

Quick & easy’ mid week meal with real flavour
Course Main Course
Cuisine French, Italian
Keyword lemon basil pesto, lemon basil pesto pasta, lemon basil pistou, pesto pasta with cocktail sausages, pesto pasta with sausages
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 414kcal
Cost per serving £1.80

Equipment

  • 1 Chef's Knife (Available from Amazon)
  • 1 measuring jug
  • 1 Garlic crusher
  • 1 Food processor
  • 1 Baking tray
  • 1 Saucepan
  • 1 Sieve or strainer

Ingredients

  • 480 ml Lemon basil leaves 2 cups
  • 90 ml Extra virgin olive oil
  • 8 cloves Garlic Or 4 cloves if hardneck
  • 1 tbsp Lemon Juice Optional
  • 240 g Pasta
  • 40 Pork cocktail sausages

Instructions

Step 1 – make the lemon basil pistou

  • Cut the lemon basil leaves from the plant (they will re-grow very quickly).
    You will need 480 ml of loosely packed leaves in a measuring jug, rinse them and pat them dry with a bit of kitchen paper.
    Get the other ingredients ready – peel and crush the garlic, put the olive oil in the measuring jug.
  • Add half of the olive oil into your food blender, and then add the basil leaves and crushed garlic. Blend until the leaves are well chopped up
  • Then (still blending) add the other 40 ml of olive oil, keep blending until smooth. Then also add the salt & pepper to taste. Optionally (depending on your lemon basil plant), you might add some lemon juice but this is very much to your own preferred taste.

Step 2 – to make pistou pasta with cocktail sausages

  • Add required pasta quantity to boiling water, Cook for time as stated on packet
    At the same time put the cocktail sausages on a baking tray in the oven for the time specified on the packet (often about 6 to 10 minutes)
  • Drain the pasta. Add the lemon basil pistou and then add the sausages

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Nutrition

Serving: 80g | Calories: 414kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 162mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 1mg