This Pasta With Lemony Avocado Pesto Will Brighten Your March Table

Name: This Pasta With Lemony Avocado Pesto Will Brighten Your March Table
Cook time: 10 minutes
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 large red onion; finely sliced 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/4 cup white wine Salt; to taste 1 pound spaghetti or other long pasta 1 very ripe avocado Juice and zest of 1 lemon Black pepper; to taste

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Francine Segan | Thu, 03/07/2024 - 01:08

Difficulty Level

Low

Cooking Time

10 minutes

Cost

Medium

Serves 4

Avocados aren’t indigenous to Italy, but, as with tomatoes and corn, when these New World veggies got there, the Italians did magical things with them. Avocados grow now in several regions of southern Italy including Basilicata, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily, the region that created this luscious vegan recipe.

Lemons and red onions — two classic southern Italian ingredients — here combine with this creamy newcomer to the Mediterranean for an alluring fusion o