Step 1

Boil water in a saucepan with salt. Add the desired shape of pasta and cook till al-dente. Reserve 1 cup of boiled pasta water. Drain the remaining water. Transfer the cooked pasta to a mixing bowl. Set aside.

Step 2

While the pasta is cooking, start making pesto sauce.

Step 3

Add all the pesto ingredients except olive oil in a food processor with the blade attachment. Seal the lid of the food processor. Start blending the ingredients while slowly and steadily pouring the olive oil. You may need to stop. scrape, and again blend the ingredients. But do not blend more than 1 minute.

Step 4

Store pesto sauce in an airtight conatiner in the refrigerator or use it immediately.

Step 5

Transfer cooked pasta to a mixing bowl. Add pesto sauce, cherry tomato, cream, and 1/4 cup of reserved boiled pasta water. Toss to evenly coat pasta with the sauce. The sauce should cling to the pasta.

Step 6

If the pasta dries up or soak the sauce, add 1/4 cup remaining boiled pasta water and toss once again.

Step 7

Garnish basil pesto pasta with chopped walnut and cheese.

Step 8

Serve Basil Pesto Pasta immediately with focaccia bread.