Sausage and Pesto Pasta

@olive-oil

Ingredients

• 2 sausages
• 1 cup of cremini mushrooms
• Handful of parsley
• Handful of basil
• 1/2 lemon & its zest
• 1 garlic cloves
• Handful of almonds (approx 10)
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 2 tablespoon of pasta water
• Fresh parmesan cheese
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and cook your pasta according to the instructions.
2. Using a wide saute pan with high sides add in a glug or two of oil. Take the casing off the sausages and drop them into the pan. Slice up the mushrooms and add that in. Let it cook together.
3. Next, in a food processor add in parsley, basil, lemon zest, lemon juice, 1 garlic clove, and almonds. Blitz until you form a rough pesto.
4. Drizzle in the olive oil and pasta water until it comes to the consistency of a pesto.
5. Pour it into the sausage and mushroom mix. Along with the al dente pasta. Stir to combine and thin out with some extra pasta water if needed.
6. Mix to combine and add some parmesan cheese, salt and pepper for some finishing touches.

Notes

From prohomecooks