Name: Bucatini with Winter Pesto and Sweet Potatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Sweet potatoes 1; Red onion 1; Olive oil ⅓ cup; Kosher Salt; Black pepper; Kale 4 cups; Parsley ½ cup; Parmesan cheese 2 oz; Garlic 1 clove; Lemon zest 2 tsp; Lemon juice 1½ tbsp; Bucatini 12 oz; Pine nuts

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Bucatini with Winter Pesto and Sweet Potatoes recipe

Are you cooking at home this Valentine’s Day? Then this Bucatini with Winter Pesto and Sweet Potatoes is a perfect pasta dinner just for you. Why is that so? Firstly, it is quick and easy to prepare. You know me, I am all about the simplest of recipes for celebrations. Secondly, you can make the winter pesto for this recipe a day ahead. Besides, it can be so versatile. If you don’t have kale on hand, use collards, arugula, basil, or whatever greens you have. This pesto doesn’t use nuts, I use pine nuts as a garnish instead. You can also substitute pine nuts for any nuts of your choice, or even sunflower seeds if you are looking for a nut-free alternative.

This delicious pasta is loaded full of roasted sweet potatoes and red onion. Italian bucatini pasta is thicker than spaghetti and features a hole in the center, which makes it a perfect sauce catcher. That is why I like to serve it tossed with green winter pesto and topped with pine nuts and extra Parmesan. So yummy!

To make this Bucatini with Winter Pesto and Sweet Potatoes, you will need the following ingredients:

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Steps to make Bucatini with Winter Pesto and Sweet Potatoes

1
Preheat oven and prepare vegetables for roasting
5

Preheat the oven to 425 °F and place 1 cubed sweet potato and red onion wedges into a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste.
2
Roast
25

Roast vegetables, stirring once, until tender for 20-25 minutes.
3
Chop kale and parsley
1

In a food processor, combine 4 cups kale and ½ cup parsley and pulse a few times until chopped.
4
Add Parmesan, garlic, lemon zest and juice
2

Add 2 ounces grated Parmesan, 1 clove garlic, 2 teaspoons lemon zest, and 1½ tablespoons lemon juice. Pulse until finely chopped, scraping the sides down as necessary.
5
Add olive oil
1

With the machine running slowly, add in ⅓ cup olive oil and process until smooth. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.
6
Cook pasta
10

Cook pasta according to package directions until al dente. Drain, reserving ¼ cup cooking water.
7
Toss pasta
1

Toss pasta with pesto, roasted sweet potatoes and onion, and ¼ cup cooking water.
8
Serve

Garnish with pine nuts and extra Parmesan and serve. Enjoy!

This Bucatini with Winter Pesto and Sweet Potatoes is a romantically easy pasta dinner. Give this recipe a try and come back to leave a review. We love hearing from you!

About the author

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.

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	1 Sweet potatoes large, peeled and cubed
	1 Red onion medium, cut into wedges
	⅓ cup Olive oil plus 2 tbsp, divided
	Kosher Salt
	Black pepper freshly ground, to taste
	4 cups Kale torn, or collards, or arugula
	½ cup Parsley roughly chopped
	2 oz Parmesan cheese grated, plus more for serving
	1 clove Garlic
	2 tsp Lemon zest
	1½ tbsp Lemon juice
	12 oz Bucatini
	Pine nuts toasted, for serving

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Preheat oven and prepare vegetables for roasting

Roast

Chop kale and parsley

Add Parmesan, garlic, lemon zest and juice

Add olive oil

Cook pasta

Toss pasta

Serve

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