An easy recipe for creamy pesto pasta – pasta with pesto, mascarpone, Parmesan and garlic.
5 ingredients plus a little oil and pepper is all it takes to make this rich, creamy pesto pasta.
It tastes wonderful and works just as well on its own as it does alongside a piece of pan-fried or grilled meat, or topped with crisp bacon.
Creamy pesto pasta – a simple dish that takes just 15 minutes to make. Use whichever pesto you prefer – for this dish I like one made with basil.
Make the creamy pesto pasta with conchiglie (pasta shells) or another shape that holds plenty of sauce – it is so good that way. Penne works really well too, and so does large macaroni.
You can swap the mascarpone for cream, and if you would like a lighter version, a reduced-fat cooking cream works too.
You will find my recipe for creamy pesto pasta below.
Creamy pesto pasta with mascarpone
Ingredients
- 500 g pasta
- 200 g green pesto
- 200 g mascarpone
- 50 g Parmesan, finely grated
- 3-4 cloves garlic, grated or crushed
- 2 tbsp oil
- Freshly ground pepper, plus salt if needed
- Pasta cooking water
- Fresh basil, to serve
Method
- Cook the pasta until al dente according to the packet instructions.*Meanwhile, make the sauce in a frying pan.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and gently fry the garlic with plenty of freshly ground pepper for a couple of minutes. The garlic should not brown.
- Add the pesto and mascarpone and stir well to combine.
- Tip the pasta into the pan along with the Parmesan and a little of the cooking water – start with about a hundred millilitres.Heat through and stir everything together well.
- Season with freshly ground pepper and salt if needed, and adjust the consistency with more cooking water if required.
- Serve topped with fresh basil.
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Premium
Så lækker og nem at lave. Perfekt med en god hjemmelavet pesto. tak
Hejsa
Det er så dejligt at høre – tusind tak for din besked 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Smager super godt
Tusind tak Heidi 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Nemt og lækkert.
Jeg er vild med denne ret! Mums
Super lækker ret! Kan anbefales. Tilføjet bacon og spinat!
Hejsa
Det er jeg virkelig glad for at høre, og god ide med bacon og spinat – mmm 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna