Creamy Pesto Pasta is a delicious recipe in which pasta is tossed in basil pesto sauce which consists of crushed garlic, pine nuts, fresh basil leaves and Parmesan cheese, all blended with olive oil.
Ingredients
Penne Pasta: 4 cups
Olive Oil: 2 tbsp
Basil Pesto: 1 cup
Heavy Cream: 125 ml
Parmesan Cheese: ¼ cup grated
Salt: to taste
Pepper: ¼ tsp
Instructions
Cook pasta in a large pan of boiling water till done.
In a pan, heat olive oil. Add pesto and mix well in the oil. Keep stirring till the pesto is warm and a little bubbly.
Add the heavy cream slowly and keep stirring. Reduce the heat and continue to stir to incorporate the cream and pesto.
Add salt and pepper and mix well.
Add the cooked pasta and mix well to cover all the pasta in the creamy sauce.
Add parmesan cheese, give a stir and remove from flame.
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/creamy-pesto-pasta/