Pesto (Spaghetti) – short version

This is what you need:

  • 500g Spaghetti
  • 100g fresh basil
  • 100g fresh rucola
  • 300g grated parmesan
  • 80g of roasted pine nuts
  • 2 lemons
  • 2 peeled and crushed garlic cloves
  • 4 tablespoons of olive oil
  • some chopped fresh red chili and pinch of salt and pepper

This is what you do:

  1. Throw everything into a blender and blend until creamy (add more oil to help if needed).
  2. Transfer to a sauce pan and simmer on medium heat for 10 minutes to combine the ingredients.
  3. While simmering the pesto, bring 5 liters of generously salted water to a boil in a large pan, add Spaghetti and let the water continue to boil. About 8 minutes, but read the packaging and keep trying. Drain when al dente, but leave about 2 fingers worth of the water in the Spaghetti.

Serve up with extra grated parmesan sprinkled over it.