Basil Pesto Pasta with Microgreens

Ingredients

1/2 package of your choice of pasta noodles, in this case, bow tie noodles.
1 cup fresh basil leaves
3 cloves garlic, peeled
3 tablespoons pine nuts
1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1/3 cup olive oil

Instructions

Cook noodles as directed on packaging, strain and rinse.
Make the basil pesto: Combine basil, garlic, pine nuts and Parmesan in the bowl of a food processor; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add olive oil until emulsified. Spoon pesto into a jar and store immediately in the refrigerator.
Combine pasta with pesto: Stir in 1 TB of pesto sauce for every 2 cups of pasta.
Garnish to taste with fresh basil leaves and a generous pinch of your choice of microgreens. In this case we used carrot microgreens.

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