Pasta with Red Pesto

Name: Pasta with Red Pesto
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 red bell peppers; 400 g/14 oz dried pasta; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup walnuts; 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 50 g/2 oz/⅔ cup vegan hard cheese, grated, plus extra to serve if you like; 2 garlic cloves, peeled; a splash of balsamic vinegar; 2 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes; salt and ground black pepper; salt and ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

Vegan Kids

By Heather Whinney

Published 2021

About

Sweet roasted red bell peppers whizzed to a textured purée with walnuts make a delicious pesto for pasta, or tossed with some roasted vegetables. The balsamic vinegar really helps to balance the sweetness of the peppers and the slight bitterness of the nuts.

Ingredients

400 g/14 oz dried pasta

Main course
Vegan

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Put the peppers in a roasting pan and toss with 1 tbsp of the olive oil. Put in the oven and cook for about 30 minutes or until the peppers begin to blister and blacken slightly.
While the peppers are roasting, to