Basil pesto fusilli

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Basil pesto and pasta is an instant two-ingredient dinner. Try a curly pasta like fusilli or fiorelli with pesto – the sauce will cling beautifully in all the twists and turns.

Ingredients

125 g tub Woolworths fresh basil pesto
250 g Woolworths bronze die fusilli pasta, cooked
30 g grated medium fat hard cheese, plus extra for sprinkling
½–1 cup pasta water
fresh basil, for serving
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Cooking Instructions

1. Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of generously salted boiling water until al dente.

2. Reserve ½–1 cup of the pasta cooking water before draining.

3. Add the hot, drained pasta to the pesto and toss to coat, season to taste and sprinkle with grated hard cheese.

4. Add ½ cup of the reserved pasta water, toss to combine and serve immediately sprinkled with fresh basil and more grated hard cheese.

Photography: Sadiqah Assur-Ismael
Recipes and Production: Hannah Lewry
Food assistant: Claire van Rooyen

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Want to cook the perfect home-cooked pasta? Look no further than Woolworths’ impressive range of pastas imported from Italy. You'll find the everyday, red label pasta range made using 100% durum wheat, and a speciality range including bronze die-cut pasta and pasta made using expertly sourced 100% durum wheat and spring water, on shelves and online.