Easy Creamy Pesto Pasta by pollypocketsy

Easy Creamy Pesto Pasta

pollypocketsy

Prep

5 min

Cook

10 min

Making pesto is one of the easiest and most rewarding things to make . Its packed full of flavour and really quick

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4 servings

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4 servings

US

original

metric

Ingredients

250 gram rigatone pasta

1 cloves garlic

1 pinch salt

2 tbsp pine nuts

1 cup fresh basil

1 cup parmesan

¾ cup cream

½ cup olive oil

½ onion

1 cloves garlic

Tools

pestle and mortar

Directions

Step 1

Generously salt boiling water and put the pasta on to cook

250 gram rigatone pasta

Step 2

In a pestle and mortar crush one clove of garlic with a pinch of salt then add pine nuts and crush them down and start adding a drizzle of olive oil

1 cloves garlic

1 pinch salt

2 tbsp pine nuts

½ cup olive oil

pestle and mortar

Step 3

Add in the basil leaves and grind them then add more olive oil to make it looser and finally stir in a handful of the parmesan cheese reserving some to mix into the pasta

1 cup fresh basil

1 cup parmesan

½ cup olive oil

Step 4

In a pan with a drizzle of olive oil fry onion and garlic then add the pesto toss in the pasta with the cream and reserved parmesan cheese ( you can add as much parmesan as you like ) then toss the pasta to coat it in the sauce and enjoy

½ onion

1 cloves garlic

1 cup parmesan

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