Sweet Potato Noodles with Home-Made Pesto
Ingredients
For the Basil
2 cups basil
1/2 cup parmesan
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup pine nuts
3 garlic cloves
Pinch salt
Pinch pepper
For the Sweet Potato Noodles
2 large sweet potatoes
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
Pinch salt
Pinch pepper
Preparation
1
For the Pesto
2
Dry pan roast the pine nuts for a few minutes.
3
Add the basil and garlic into a blender and blend for a few minutes before adding the pine nuts and parmesan and blending some more.
4
Whilst the blender is still on, slowly add the oil, stopping to scrape the sides when necessary.
5
Add the salt and pepper to taste and continue blending until you have your desired consistency and taste.
6
For the Sweet Potato Noodles
7
Wash and peel the sweet potatoes.
8
Half them and cut the ends off. Place them in the spiralizer and spiralize.
9
Heat a pan with the oil and add the noodles to the pan. Add the salt and pepper and stir briefly for a few minutes until softened.
10
Once cooked remove from the pan and serve along with the pesto.
11
Notes
12
You can add a few drops of water to ensure that the potatoes do not stick to the pan when cooking.
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Avoid overcooking the sweet potatoes so that they don't get mushy.
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About
Sauted sweet potato noodles with freshly made pesto combined to make one tasty meal, ready in just under fifteen minutes!
Added:
Friday, November 17, 2017 - 8:11am
