Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, quick pesto cream pasta. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Quick Pesto Cream Pasta is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Quick Pesto Cream Pasta is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook quick pesto cream pasta using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Quick Pesto Cream Pasta:
- Make ready Pasta of choice
- Make ready Heavy cream, Ok half-and-half or whole milk will work too
- Take Basil Pesto
- Prepare Parmasen cheese
- Make ready Oil (if making pasta ahead of time)
With that in mind, I set out to make a really simple creamy pesto sauce. This is the simplest fix ever: just make a simple white sauce (butter, flour, milk) and add in your normal pesto. It's quick, it's easy, it's a total crowd-pleaser. Especially if I'm part of the crowd.
Steps to make Quick Pesto Cream Pasta:
- Cook pasta according to directions on the box (be sure to salt the water) and drain… Now if you're going to eat when it's ready move on to step 2…. I make this on sports practice nights and I MAKE IT AHEAD of time like this: Cook and drain pasta, rinse pot under cold water, return pasta to pot and pour in a little oil just enough to coat and stir it or be lazy like me and put the lid on and shake it a couple times :) place the pot with the lid on in the fridge.
- Return drained pasta to pot, add cream and pesto to taste and heat over medium heat. If your using heavy cream take it easy with the heat, scorched cream is going to ruin your meal and your day as your kids start to yell, "Gross! What's that smelI?" And you have to sigh and explain it WAS dinner…. Sorry I'm back… Moving on…
- Uncermoniously dump prepared pasta into a bowl, or spoon it into a fancy serving dish, or eat it directly from the pot… I'm not judging you….
- Feel free to add chicken, sausage, steak, or veggies to make it a complete well balanced meal. I serve it with a simple salad and a smile at conquering dinner in less than 15 minutes :)
The other day I needed to make a quick and easy lunch without much fuss. I had some pesto and cream cheese in the fridge so I thought of mixing them together to make milder pesto sauce. Creamy Pesto Pasta recipe notes: If fresh basil is not readily available for making the homemade pesto, there are a couple of pre-made options that will work well in a pinch. Chicken, shrimp or broccoli can easily be added to the this recipe by cooking them in the same pan in a bit of olive oil prior to cooking the pesto sauce. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
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