Pesto pasta

Name: Pesto pasta
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 400 g pasta (dry); 6 Tbsp pesto; 30 g parmesan cheese; 20 g pine nuts

Pasta tossed with basil pesto and parmesan.

15 minto make
4portions
Easyto cook
Vegetariandiet

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A low footprint

0.34 kg CO₂e a portion, or 2.51 kg for every kilo of the dish: its climate, nitrogen, land and water impacts together, from farm to plate.

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A medium nutrition rating

536 kcal and 17.2 g of protein a portion. The rating weighs what's in it, inspired by Nutri-Score.

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Ingredients

For 4 portions

400 g pasta (dry)
6 Tbsp pesto
30 g parmesan cheese
20 g pine nuts

Method

Cook the pasta and keep a little of the cooking water.
Stir in the pesto with a splash of the water.
Serve with grated parmesan and toasted pine nuts.

Nutrition

	A portion (136 g)	100 g
Energy	536 kcal	394 kcal
Protein	17.2 g	12.6 g
Carbohydrate	77.7 g	57.1 g
of which sugars	3.3 g	2.4 g
Fat	17 g	12.5 g
of which saturates	3.4 g	2.5 g
Fibre	3.8 g	2.8 g
Salt	0.9 g	0.7 g

Footprint

	A portion	1 kg
Climate (CO₂ eq)	0.34 kg	2.51 kg
Nutrient pollution (N eq)	3.57 g	26.2 g
Land use for a year	0.65 m²	4.78 m²
Water use	427 l	3,135 l

Footprint from AGRIBALYSE 3.1.1 (ADEME), with our own minor changes. How we work it out.

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