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Raw vegan fusilli al pesto pasta on a plate.

Pesto Fusilli - Raw Vegan Pasta

Recipe by: Marina from Health Glows
Fusilli al Pesto is a famous Italian pasta recipe originating from the Liguria region, specifically the city of Genoa.
This dish consists of pasta called fusilli and a sauce called pesto. Fusilli pasta has a characteristic spiral shape. Pesto sauce is a green sauce which name is immediately associated with the main ingredient of this sauce - basil.
Learn how to make raw vegan fusilli al pesto pasta with this recipe on the Health Glows website.
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Prep Time 1 hour
Course Dinner
Cuisine Italian
Servings 1 people

Equipment

  • kitchen scale
  • Blender
  • ear muffs
  • dehydrator
  • reverse osmosis water filter
  • knife
  • chopping board
  • vegetable peeler
  • spiralizer
  • mortar and pestle

Ingredients
  

Fusilli

  • 2 lbs zucchinis

Pesto Sauce

  • 0.7 oz flax seeds
  • 1 oz sesame seeds
  • 0.35 oz pine nuts
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 cup basil
  • 1 tsp dried celery

Instructions
 

Flax seeds

  • First we prepare the flax seeds. Flax seeds have an indigestible outer layer. In this way, the nutrients inside the flax seeds can be used in the body only when the flax seeds are ground.
    Personally, I buy whole flax seeds, grind them myself in the blender and keep them in an airtight glass jar. The reason I prefer to grind flax seeds myself is that flax seeds, just like all seeds, contain a lot of fat. Fatty acids tend to go rancid quickly when exposed to air, which happens during grinding. For this reason, it is best that the ground flax seeds are as fresh as possible.
    Measure out 0.7 oz / 20 g of ground flax seeds.
    Soak the ground flax seeds in a little water, mix them and let them sit.

Zucchinis

  • Wash the zucchini in clean water. 
    It is extremely important that the water in which we wash food is clean and free of all the harmful impurities that are typically found in tap water, such as chlorine, fluoride, arsenic, sulfates, pesticides, etc.
    I use a reverse osmosis water filter in my kitchen.
    With this reverse osmosis water filter, you can have clean water running out from your kitchen tap.
    Order your water filter HERE.
    Cut off the zucchini ends.
    Peel the zucchinis.
    Spiralizer is a very practical device for making vegetable pasta.
    Place a flat knife on the spiralizer.
    Place one zucchini at a time on the spiralizer and make fusillli pasta. Fusilli pasta is a spiral pasta. Spiral pasta types go very well with pesto sauce.
    Transfer the fusilli pasta to a bowl.

Sesame Seeds

  • Now we are going to make Permigianno Regianno, or Susamggiano!
    Measure out 0.7 oz / 20 g of sesame seeds.
    Transfer the sesame seeds to the mortar.
    Grind the sesame seeds with the mortar and pestle.
    Transfer the susamggiano to a cup so that you have an empty mortar for the next step.

Garlic

  • Separate, peel and chop one garlic clove.
    Transfer the chopped garlic to the mortar.
    Crush the garlic in the mortar.

Pine Nuts

  • Measure out 0.35 oz / 10 g of pine nuts.
    Pine nuts are a type of nut that grows on some types of pine trees. Pine nuts are actually pine seeds that are very creamy and delicious. These seeds are an essential ingredient in the original pesto recipe. Order pine nuts HERE.
    Transfer the pine nuts to the mortar.
    Crush the pine nuts with the mortar and pestle.

Dried Celery

  • Add one teaspoon of dried celery to the mortar.
    Grind all the ingredients together.

Basil

  • Separate the basil leaves from the branch.
    Place the basil leaves in a bowl.
    Wash the basil in clean water.
    Dry the basil on a paper towel.
    Chop the basil.
    Transfer the chopped basil into the mortar.
    Grind the basil with the mortar and pestle.

Susamggiano (Ground Sesame)

  • Add two-thirds of the sesame seeds to the mortar.
    Grind all the ingredients together.

Flax Seed Milk

  • Transfer the soaked ground flax seeds to the blender.
    Protect your hearing with ear muffs.
    Noise accumulatively and irreversibly damages the cells of the inner ear. Because of this, it is very important to protect the inner ear from noise.
    Order quality ear muffs HERE.
    Blend ground flax seeds and water. 
    You will get flax seed milk.
    Pour the flax seed milk into the mortar.

Pesto

  • Grind all the ingredients together with the mortar and pestle until they are combined into a pesto.
    Pour the pesto over the fusilli pasta.
    Mix pesto and fusilli pasta.

Serving

  • Serve fusili pasta in pesto on a plate.
    Top your pesto pasta with some Permiggiano Reggiano made with sesame seeds.
    Enjoy!

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