PW's pasta with pesto cream sauce
Recipe type: Dinners
Serves: 4
- 1 bunch fresh basil
- ¾ cup parmesan (cubed)
- 3Tbsp pinenuts
- 2 garlic cloves peeled
- salt and pepper
- ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ cup light pouring cream
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 400g pasta (fusili or whatever you have going)
- 4 roma tomatoes, diced (I used mini roma tomatoes)
- Place parmesan in TM bowl and process on speed 9 for about 10 seconds to grate cheese.
- Add in basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, salt and pepper and process on speed 3 with the MC off.
- Gradually pour in the olive oil to make the pesto and increase speed up to speed 5 which takes about 1 minute.
- Taste and season well. Set aside and rinse out bowl well.
- Now pour cream and drop butter into TM bowl. Heat for 2 minutes at 70 degrees on speed 2.
- Pour into pesto and combine. Add extra seasoning if required.
- Add in tomatoes.
- Now add in your hot cooked pasta which will be ready and stir well.
- Serve and enjoy. I loved lots of extra black pepper on top but that’s just me.
Recipe by Retro Mummy at https://retromummy.com/2012/04/26/pws-pasta-with-pesto-cream-sauce/
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