Almond Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Linguine. A super quick and easy workday meal with added shrimp or grilled chicken or all on its own as a great vegetarian meal.
This recipe was the result of me being home alone, hungry, and with no car to go to the store. I had to make do with what was on hand.
It is rare that there are not fresh or canned tomatoes on hand at my house. But on this occasion a few grape tomatoes rattling around in a near empty container were all I had.
They did not hold the promise of the quick puttanesca sauce that I normally throw together for a quick meal for one.
Digging thorough the cupboard, I did however come across a beautiful big bottle of sun-dried tomatoes packed in herb infused olive oil. On top of the tomatoes, I spied a small jar of whole unroasted almonds.
It was then when the inspiration hit me to invent a tomato pesto recipe to toss with some fresh linguine. The resulting meal was on the table in no time and it was utterly delicious.
When the rest of the family came home earlier than expected they fought over the leftovers! Number one son declaring that he has a new favourite pasta dish.
This recipe is great with some quickly sautéed garlic shrimp as shown or with grilled chicken, sauteed scallops or pork medallions. It also makes one heck of a vegetarian meal if you don’t want to add a meat protein at all.
Originally published on Sept 14, 2011.
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Sun-dried Tomato Almond Pesto Linguine
Almond Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Linguine - a super quick and easy workday meal with added shrimp or grilled chicken or all on its own as a great vegetarian meal.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup whole unroasted almonds
- 2 cups oil packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained
- 2 cloves garlic
- 3/4 cup olive oil, or the oil that the tomatoes were packed in.
- 1 tsp crushed chili paste, more or less to taste
- 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 4 tbsp fresh chopped chives, or other herb of your choice
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Toast the almonds for about 10 minutes in a 350 degree F oven, tossing them once during that time.
- Grind them in a food processor or blender until they are the consistency of a coarse cornmeal. Set aside.
- Add all the other ingredients to a blender or food processor.
- Process all together until almost smooth.
- Quickly pulse in the ground toasted almonds.
- Toss with fresh cooked linguine and some halved grape tomatoes if desired. Baby spinach also makes a nice addition when tossing together the pesto and pasta.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
10Serving Size
1 serving (1/4 cup)Amount Per Serving Calories 272Total Fat 26gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 21gCholesterol 4mgSodium 214mgCarbohydrates 9gFiber 2gSugar 1gProtein 4g
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Janet Bradley
Wednesday 22nd of July 2015
I was hesitant to freeze this for my personal chef client but she said it came out perfect, she microwaved it at 50%
Janet Bradley
Tuesday 30th of June 2015
My lunch guest said it was her favourite pasta meal EVER!
Liz
Saturday 27th of September 2014
Love this recipe - easy
Stephanie
Sunday 31st of March 2013
Delightful! So tasty - perfect blend of flavours, love the subtle-but-awesome toasted almond flavour. Will definitely be making this again. Really easy and enjoyable to make.... not too much chopping ;)
Only bought one jar of sundries tomatoes (250mL), so I had to halve the recipe - worked perfectly.
myhappyhappenings
Thursday 15th of September 2011
This looks absolutely incredible! I love every ingredient you have incorporated into this dish so I know it must be delicious!