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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
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• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. | 2. In the bowl of a food processor add the cashews and process 1 - 2 minutes or until the cashews start to become powdery. Add the garlic and process another minute. Add the sun-dried tomatoes and 1/2 cup of grape tomatoes and pulse until the sauce is a thick paste and red in color. Add the basil and pulse until finely chopped and combined. | 3. Drop the pasta in the boiling water and boil according to package directions. Just before draining the pasta use a heat safe glass measuring cup and scoop out 1 1/2 cups of boiling pasta water. Drain the pasta. | 4. With the food processor running slowly stream in the hot boiling pasta water until the paste becomes a sauce. Be careful not to add too much water all at once so you don't end up with a thinner sauce than you want. I used all 1 1/2 cups of water, but if you like a thick or thinner sauce use more or less. Add in the parmesan cheese if using and pulse a few times to combine. | 5. Divide the pasta among 4-6 plates and top with a generous amounts of sauce. Slice the remaining grape tomatoes in half and sprinkle over the pasta. Garnish each plate with fresh basil and parmesan cheese if desired. Dig in! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cashew	1 1/2	cups	roasted	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	2			403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
sun tomato oil	3/4	cup	sun-dried drained packed	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
grape tomato	1	cup	divided	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
basil	3/4	cup		4.14	0.47700000000000004	0.5670000000000001	0.1152
oregano	2	tablespoons		15.9	4.1352	0.54	0.2568
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup	grated	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
red pepper flake	1/2	teaspoon	crushed	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
pappardelle pasta	1	lb	cut	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.