Kamut king fusilli with rocket pesto and pecorino cheese

This recipe is perfect for summer, as it's a fresh and colorful dish, original, savory and perfect for tickling your appetite and that of your guests. The flakes of pecorino cheese will add a unique aroma and an extra "oomph" to your dish! Moreover, you should know that rocket provides a good amount of vitamin C, that's why this preparation is good also for winter, when your body needs to fight against the cold winter! And the Khorasan wheat is rich in calcium, magnesium, potassium, selenium, iron, vitamins B and E. To conclude, there's nothing better than a dish that combine health and taste!

Ingredients

  • fusilli 200 grams kamut
  • rocket 30 grams
  • Pecorino sheep's cheese 30 grams "moliterno"
  • pine nuts 15 grams
  • oil
  • salt

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15 minutes Total time
15 minutes Active time
Serves 2 persons
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Preparation

Make a pesto blitzing rocket, pecorino cheese,  pinenuts, salt and oil. Be careful when adding extravirgin olive oil, so as to keep your sauce creamy. Sprinkle some pecorino cheese on a baking paper and microwave for 1 min at max power: you will have some wonderful pecorino cheese flakes, perfect to decorate your dish! Place your pasta in a large saucepan with boiling water and cook it until al dente. Drain it and season with your pesto. Decorate with some pecorino cheese flakes.

Tips
Don't forget to pair your dish with a great wine. We suggest you a nice red wine from north Italy.
Trivia
In Basilicata, a small region in the south of Italy, there's a town called Moliterno, where you can buy a high quality pecorino. A specialty of Basilicata that it's worth to try once in life!

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