Trofie Pasta with Artichoke Parmesan Pesto

Name: Thermomix recipe: Trofie Pasta with Artichoke Parmesan Pesto
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 100 Grams Parmesan cheese, cubed; 1 lemon zest and juice; 3 large cloves garlic; 50 Grams Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) plus some more for a drizzle; 150 Grams cream; 1 egg; 1 Teaspoon Dijon mustard; 100 Grams feta cheese, crumbled; 1 jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained; 200 Grams baby spinach; pink salt flakes and pepper to taste; 350 Grams trofie or other short pasta of choice; 250 Grams baby Roma tomatoes, halved

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Serves 6 Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Rated: Print

This fresh and vibrant pasta with artichoke parmesan pesto takes minutes to make and is a great back up plan for those nights you don't want to cook.

I love the spinach artichoke dip recipe that I have on here, that originated with me tasting such a dip from Costco (would you believe)? I think I have captured the same flavours here and added carbs, you are seriously going to have this on regular rotation! Go for it!

Trofie, in case you are wondering, is a tiny hand rolled pasta, traditional Ligurian cuisine and is famous for being paired with Genovese pesto...a recipe I kind of have on here..though of course it has a 'Tenina' twist to it.

You can of course use any small pasta of your choosing. Enjoy!

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Need

100 Grams Parmesan cheese, cubed
1 lemon zest and juice
3 large cloves garlic
50 Grams Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) plus some more for a drizzle BUY
150 Grams cream
1 egg
1 Teaspoon Dijon mustard
100 Grams feta cheese, crumbled
1 jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained
200 Grams baby spinach
pink salt flakes and pepper to taste BUY
350 Grams trofie or other short pasta of choice
250 Grams baby Roma tomatoes, halved

Do

1: Place parmesan and lemon zest into Thermomix bowl and mill 10 sec/speed 10. Set aside.
2: Place garlic into Thermomix bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 6. Scrape down sides of bowl, add EVOO and saute 5 min/Varoma/speed 1.
3: Place cream, egg, mustard, feta, artichokes and spinach into Thermomix bowl and blend 5 sec/speed 7. Cook 5 min/100ºC/speed 1.
4: Adjust seasoning to taste, add 65g of the milled parmesan and lemon juice and mix 5 sec/speed 5. Set sauce aside in insulated serving bowl while you cook pasta.
5: Place 1.2L boiling water into Thermomix bowl.
6: Add pasta through hole in lid and cook 10-12 min/100ºC/Reverse/speed soft or as long as package directs.
7: Drain cooked pasta through basket, then toss with sauce and halved tomatoes. Sprinkle with remaining milled parmesan before serving immediately.

Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!