Avocado Pasta

This 15-minute avocado pasta is truly fuss-free cooking at its best. The only thing you need to cook here is the pasta. The sauce is non-cooking and made from only 3 main ingredients – avocado, olive oil and garlic.

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The avocado “sauce” is just avocado, olive oil and garlic given a few pulses in the food blender. Not only can you whip this up quickly, it is healthy and vegan as well. Of course, you can always dress up the pasta with other ingredients such as shrimps for a more varied taste, but I am satisfied with this plain version just as much. This is also a wonderful recipe for using up the odd leftover avocado.

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There is no ingredient quite in this world like avocado which is creamy and fatty on its own, making it a perfect choice for a quick and indulgent creamy pasta.

15-minute Avocado Pasta Recipe

This is a truly easy, healthy and vegan recipe; perfect for using up the odd leftover avocado.

Ingredients:

  • 1 ripe avocado pitted and peeled
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove peeled and sliced
  • 2 servings of pasta (I am using 140 grams of linguine)
  • 1 tbsp chopped pasley optional
  • salt and black pepper to taste

Directions:

  1. Make avocado “sauce”. In a blender or food processor, process the avocado flesh, olive oil, garlic and a small pinch of salt until smooth and creamy.
  2. Cook pasta in salted, boiling water according to the instructions indicated on packaging, until al dente. Drain pasta. Reserve half a cup of pasta cooking water.
  3. Toss avocado sauce with cooked pasta, chopped parsley and about 2 tbsp pasta cooking water to bind everything together. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.

Recipe adapted from Oh She Glows.