Without a thick sauce, this dish actually has the potential to be a lighter type of meal I personally prefer having in the summer. And while the idea of supplementing a sauce with large amounts of oil initially put me off, I actually didn't mind it in the end.
Bella ate the pasta with a couple of sides, including toast with pesto and parmesan and colorful vegetables, but I thought enough was going on with the pasta.
Cooking all the different elements of the pasta alone took me roughly 25 to 30 minutes of my full concentration. You must add oil at various times, watch your pine nuts like a hawk, so they don't burn, and make sure your cooked pasta doesn't stick together while everything else cooks.
To recreate the entire meal Bella made, it's probably worth getting an extra pair of helping hands to help you through the process — and maybe to remind you to use less salt than you think you'll need.