Quick Pesto Cream Pasta
How to Cook Recipes Quick Pesto Cream Pasta using 5 ingredients and 4 steps
Quick Pesto Cream Pasta - Cook the pasta according to the packet's instructions. In the meantime, place the pesto, cream cheese, and drained tuna in a small saucepan. A dish that's lovely enough for a fancy dinner party, but perfect for a busy weeknight meal! Print Recipe Rate Recipe Pin Recipe. When you're short of time, this quick creamy pesto will come to the rescue.
A family favourite, and this time I used wholewheat pasta, for that extra bite, texture and fibre benefits !
Make it for kids, a quick comforting meal for yourself, or fancied up for a dinner party.
You can cook Quick Pesto Cream Pasta using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients make Quick Pesto Cream Pasta
- Prepare Pasta of choice.
- It's Heavy cream, Ok half-and-half or whole milk will work too.
- Prepare Basil Pesto.
- It's Parmasen cheese.
- It's Oil (if making pasta ahead of time).
Quick Pesto Cream Pasta step by step
- 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 :).
Quick Pesto Cream Pasta - Ripe, juicy tomatoes combine with white wine and garlic for a quick sauce base, then add heavy cream and fresh basil pesto for an easy vegetarian weeknight dinner! Quick and versatile, pesto can be used in a variety of recipes like my sausage & garlic pesto flatbread or mixed with cooked pasta, roasted vegetables, spread on sandwiches, artisan bread, and today's shrimp recipe. From-scratch pesto is much easier than you think and tastes worlds better than store-bought. 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. 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. Thank you and good luck