Pasta with Sicilian pesto sauce - summer recipe

It's mid-August, and today Sonia cooks for us a tasty, fresh pasta sauce, typical of Sicily, ready in just a few minutes: the Sicilian pesto sauce!

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It's summer and giallozafferano has moved outdoors to enjoy the countryside. With these organic tomatoes I've prepared this amazing pasta with Sicilian pesto sauce. Let's see the recipe:
• 1 bunch of basil
• 1 cup (100 g) of grated parmesan cheese
• 2/3 cup (150 g) of ricotta cheese
• 1 lb (500 g) of tomatoes
• 1/3 cup (50 g) of pine nuts • 1 or 2 cloves of garlic
• salt and pepper to taste
• just under ½ cup (100 ml) of extra virgin olive oil
• 14 oz (400 g) of pasta
Let's make the pasta with Sicilian pesto sauce:
Begin by bringing plenty of salted water to a boil, after that toss in the pasta since this is a very quick recipe and we'll prepare the sauce while the pasta is cooking. Now take the tomatoes, wash and cut into quarters... remove the green part and the inner seeds.
Then add all the other ingredients to the tomatoes, that is the parmesan cheese... the ricotta cheese... the pine nuts... the garlic... and ½ glass of oil; finally, the basil leaves. Then use a blender to chop everything until you have a grainy sauce, not too creamy.
As you can see, this is our sauce that looks quite grainy, now add salt... pepper... and the pasta, but don't drain it dry, leave a little cooking water. Stir a bit and the pasta is ready!
Garnish the pasta with Sicilian pesto sauce with fresh basil leaves and... buon appetito!

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[VictorLepanto]

@MrBulletproof87: Yes, I'm aware of the horridly expensive pine nuts. I tried this w/ the old fashioned Amish style tomatoes from around here. They were very juicy, perhaps too juicy for this dish. The variety I used were called brandywine. They are very much like the kind my Pennsylvania Dutch Grampa grew in his garden. I can make a fairly decent pesto w/ just the basil, etc. (minus the tomatoes.). This was a new experiment for me. I am trying to come up w/ veggie dishes that AREN'T boring.

[MrBulletproof87]

@VictorLepanto Only if we are talking about of classic pesto of Liguria. This is the only italian-approved variant, it has been created in Sicily hence its name. Also to be precise in the classic pesto there are also crushed pine nuts and parmesan/pecorino cheese. Bye :)

[SCMA]

Such a beautiful setting! And I loved the bloopers at the end.

[VictorLepanto]

So it is not a cardinal sin to add something besides basil, oil & garlic to a pesto sauce? I think my mom would like this one better, the basil purest approach isn't to her liking.

[KasCooks]

Nice plate of pasta, delicious!

[atrinka1]

Good Sonia!!!! Great recipe and funny bloopers!

[wicketyboo]

ha! wish i knew what was said in the bloopers! Looks amazing - will definitely try this!

[Shunkitology]

I love the bloopers! Sonia is the best!