3 Blender Pasta Sauces to Beat the Summer Heat

ItaliAndrea
Aug 9
2 min read

Inspiration for my summer no-cook pasta sauces comes from a newly gifted blender (thank you, Ron). Here are 3 sauces that make an easy go-to weeknight meal!

3 blender pestos tomato and almond, mint pistachio broccoli walnut Vitamix — OUR NEIGHBORS WERE MOVING AND I WAS THE EXCITED RECIPIENT OF A FANCY BLENDER!

Blend these sauces to the consistency you prefer. I like mine with a little crunch to them.

Pesto Trapanese- tomato & almond pesto

Pesto Trapanese comes from the western coast Sicilian town of Trapani. Blend together a combo of:

grape tomatoes
basil
almonds
clove of garlic
olive oil
Parmigiano Reggiano
red chili flakes (peperoncino) & salt

busiate pasta 3 blender pestos tomato and almond, mint pistachio broccoli walnut Vitamix — *BUSIATE* (HOMEMADE STRAND PASTA SHAPED INTO CURLS) IS THE TYPICAL PASTA FOR THIS PESTO IN SICILY, BUT *SPAGHETTI* OR SHORT PASTA, LIKE *CASARECCE*, WILL DO!

Mint & pistachio pesto

This one also reminds me of dishes I have had in Sicily. The town of Bronte in eastern Sicily grows some of the best pistachios in the world due to the volcanic soils from Mount Etna.

Blend:

Mint leaves
shelled pistachios
Parmigiano Reggiano
olive oil
salt

Mint & pistachio pesto goes well on pasta but it also nice as a topping for fish.

Walnut & and broccoli pesto

Inspiration for this one came from Cook's Illustrated, although theirs was creamier and included yogurt and pine nuts rather than walnuts.

Blend:

blanched broccoli stems and most of the florets (use the same water that will later cook the pasta)
garlic clove (option to cook with the broccoli to mellow the kick)
walnuts
Parmigiano Reggiano
basil (but I think other herbs would also go nicely too)
olive oil
chili flakes (peperoncino) and salt