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Linguine Pesto Recipe for Your Healthy Heart
Recipe from My Restaurant
Linguine Pesto Recipe: A Real Restaurant Recipe
Preparation time: 30 minutes. Serves 4.
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Ingredients:
2 tablespoons olive oil
2-4 garlic, minced fine (depends on your taste)
1 small onion, peeled and diced
Salt and coarse black pepper
1 small zucchini, cut into matchsticks or coarsely grated
2/3 cup sliced mushrooms
1 chopped tomato
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (or dry white wine)
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
1 pound linguine pasta, cooked al dente' (according to the directions on the package) Pesto
sauce to taste
2/3 cup or more (I like more) fresh grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions:
Heat a large skillet or sauté pan over medium heat
Add the olive oil, onions, mushrooms and salt and pepper
Sauté' briefly
Add the tomato pieces and simmer for a few minutes, then add the zucchini
Cook for about 5 minutes on medium high heat or until the moisture is almost gone
Add the lemon juice or white wine and simmer to reduce the moisture
Add the cooked linguine pasta and pesto and heat thoroughly
Pour into pasta bowls and garnish with the pine nuts and Parmesan cheese
Serve this restaurant pasta dish with garlic bread and a glass of fine Merlot
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