Description
Jamie Oliver’s creamy avocado pasta brings rich, silky textures to classic Italian cuisine. Hearty ingredients blend seamlessly, offering quick weeknight dinner perfection for home cooks seeking simple yet delicious meal solutions.
Ingredients
Scale
- 7 oz (200 g) pasta
- 1 small avocado (or ½ large avocado)
- 1 cup (25 g) basil leaves, loosely packed
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 1 garlic clove
- ½ lemon, juice and zest
- ½ cup (120 ml) pasta cooking water
Instructions
- Pasta Preparation: Cook pasta to desired tenderness, maintaining uniform texture and reserving one cup of starchy water before draining.
- Sauce Creation: Combine ripe avocado, fresh basil, lemon zest, garlic, salt, and black pepper in a high-powered blender, processing until achieving a velvety smooth consistency with reserved pasta water.
- Sauce Refinement: Adjust sauce texture and flavor by incrementally adding pasta water and fine-tuning seasoning with additional lemon juice, salt, or pepper to enhance the overall taste profile.
- Final Assembly: Pour the vibrant green avocado sauce over hot pasta, using tongs to ensure comprehensive and even coating of each pasta strand.
- Serving: Present the dish immediately while pasta remains warm, allowing the creamy sauce to highlight its fresh, zesty characteristics and luxurious mouthfeel.
Notes
- Pasta Water Magic: Reserve cooking liquid to transform sauce texture, helping create a silky, perfectly coated pasta dish.
- Blending Brilliance: Use high-powered blender for ultra-smooth sauce, preventing lumpy or chunky avocado inconsistencies.
- Flavor Fine-Tuning: Taste and adjust seasonings gradually, adding lemon, salt, or pepper incrementally for balanced, personalized taste.
- Serve Swiftly: Enjoy immediately while pasta is hot to maximize fresh flavors and preserve the sauce’s vibrant green color and creamy consistency.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: UK
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 600 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 60 g
- Fiber: 7 g
- Protein: 12 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg