bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook pasta according to package directions, reserving 1/4 cup of pasta water after cooking
meanwhile, combine remaining ingredients in a food processor or blender and purée until smooth, adding reserved pasta water if/as needed to thin (I used 3 tbsp), season with pink salt
to serve, toss hot pasta with desired amount of pesto
Recipe Notes
this pesto is also great as a dip for crudités or chips, and is great on sandwiches (just omit the pasta water in this case)
switch up the greens ~ in place of spinach use arugula or parsley
switch up the nuts ~ in place of pine nuts use walnuts or almonds
Original recipe created by Jerran Boyer
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