Eggplant Pesto Pasta

🥘 Ingredients

• olive oil drizzle
• eggplant 2
• garlic 1
• basil fuck ton
• lemon 2
• parmesan grated
• sun dried tomatoes 1 package
• pistachios optional
• penne pasta 1 lb

Main ingredients

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   olive oil for eggplant eggplant garlic basil (fresh) lemon parmesan sun dried tomatoes pistachios penne pasta

Instructions

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   1. Halve eggplant long ways, cut off stems. Slice diagonal hatching on skin side, deep-ish without slicing all the way through. 2. Drizzle both sides with olive oil, salt and pepper. Put on foil-lined baking sheet and bake at 450°F until you can poke eggplant and it kind of deflates. 3. Meanwhile, rinse basil and throw everything else except pasta into food processor. Season as desired with salt and pepper. 4. When eggplant is done, throw that in food processor too. 5. Cook pasta and finish pesto with some pasta water 6. Serve ```