Pasta In Creamy Pesto

Ingredients

Extra virgin olive oil

70 ml

Garlic

25 gms

Spaghetti pasta

400 gms

Basil

5 gms

Parmesan cheese

20 gms

Pepper

4 gms

Creamy pesto dip

200 gms

Salt to Taste

Method of Preparation

Step 1

Take a pot and add enough water, salt and extra virgin olive oil and boil it. Add pasta to it. Read cooking instructions on Pasta packet and cook it.

Step 2

To make creamy pesto dip please refer to the creamy pesto dip recipe.

Step 3

After pasta is cooked, strain it and put it in ice cold water so the cooking process is stopped. After cooling down, strain the pasta and add some extra virgin olive oil and mix it well so that it does not stick to each other.

Step 4

Take a pan add extra virgin olive oil, add chopped garlic and saute it till raw flavour is gone.

Step 5

Add creamy pesto dip and saute it for 30 seconds or till hot. Then add pasta and mix well. Add seasonings and mix well.

Step 6

Serve hot garnished with fresh basil sprig.

Note : you can make pasta semi dry or saucy depending on how much you add creamy pesto dip.