Pesto Pasta With Green Beans Potatoes From Nancy Harmon Jenkins

Name: Pesto Pasta With Green Beans & Potatoes From Nancy Harmon Jenkins
Ingredients: 2 cups packed tender young basil leaves; 1/4 cup pine nuts; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 plump garlic cloves, peeled and crushed with flat blade of a knife; 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, or more to taste; 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, or more to taste; Salt to taste; 1/2 pound small potatoes, peeled and sliced about 1/4-inch thick; 1/4 pound tender young green beans, cut into 1-inch lengths; 1 pound trenette, or other long, thin pasta