Creamy Pesto Pasta
Rich and creamy pasta dish with pesto, cream and butter. It is quick and easy dish that is fancy enough to feed company or picky kids.
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Ingredients
- 8 oz Pasta Short cut (Penne, rotini, elbows or any short cut pasta)
- 1 cup Basil
- 3 tbsps Pine nuts walnuts nuts Toasted , cans be substituted with or other
- 2 cloves Garlic , peeled and crushed
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese pasta +more for the , grated
- 3 ~ 4 tbsp Extra virgin Olive oil
- ¼ ~ ½ cup Heavy Cream
- 1 tbsp Unsalted butter
- ½ cup Cherry tomatoes , halved (or 2 medium tomatoes diced)
- to taste Salt Pepper &
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and reserve a cup of pasta cooking water.
- In the meantime, in a food processor combine basil, pine nuts, garlic, parmesan cheese, salt & pepper. Pulse a few times to blend the ingredients. With the machine running, drizzle olive oil until a smooth paste forms. Set aside.
- In a pan, heat the butter and heavy cream over medium-low flame. Stir in pesto, whisk to combine and turn off the heat. Add the cooked pasta, chopped tomatoes and additional grated cheese and mix well. Serve immediately.
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