Of which 5.8 g sugars and 4 g saturated fat.
Values are for the first option listed in the ingredients; substitutions and variations change them. Carbs exclude fiber; energy uses the EU conversion factors (fiber at 2 kcal/g). Source for sugars and saturated fat: Portuguese Food Composition Database (Base de Dados da Composição de Alimentos), Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, I. P. — INSA, v 7.1 - 2026.
Quantities and times are a starting point: adjust them to your taste. Two things don't change: poultry and ground meat must be cooked all the way through, and allergens — always check the labels.
Highlights Raw red pesto · Almond instead of pine nuts · Trapani specialty
Allergens gluten, milk, tree nuts
Busiate al pesto trapanese
Tomato, almond and basil pesto, from Sicily
A pasta from western Sicily with a raw pesto of tomato, almond, basil, garlic, pecorino and olive oil. Busiate hold the mixture in their spirals; when you can't find them, a short twisted pasta works as a substitute. The sauce never goes on the heat: it's loosened with pasta water only when you toss.
Ingredients
- 320 g (11½ oz) dried busiate
- 300 g (10½ oz) ripe raw tomato
- 60 g (2 oz) blanched almonds
- 30 g (1 oz) fresh basil
- 40 g (1½ oz) pecorino
- 40 g (1½ oz) extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 g garlic
- 0.3 g black pepper
- water and coarse salt for cooking the pasta, as needed
- salt, to taste — for the pesto
Method
- Score a shallow X in the base of each tomato. Blanch for 30–45 seconds, plunge into cold water and peel.
- Open the tomatoes, remove the tough core and take out just the seeds and any very loose liquid. Weigh out 300 g of flesh and cut it into pieces.
The full method (10 steps), Rico's tip, the variations and storage are in the ebook “Pasta”. The English edition is coming soon.
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