Fresh Herb Pasta with Pesto

This lovely green-flecked egg pasta is mixed with chopped fresh herbs. You can use a mixture of several compatible herbs like parsley, chervil and thyme, or use just one such as rosemary, tarragon or sage to give the pasta a distinctive flavour. Unless Tm very short of time, I make pasta by hand because I enjoy handling the soft dough. If you use a pasta machine, roll out the pasta on its thinnest setting. Pesto is, of course, the definitive sauce for pasta, but a well-blended herb butter i