Beef Pesto Farfalle
Quick, easy and comforting family dish. Pesto is a great sauce for cold winter nights. And farfalle matches perfectly with pesto. Each little bow tie gets coated by the oil and basil, without being too greasy.
Beef can be substituted by chicken or sausage.
Beef Pesto Farfalle
Quick, easy and comforting family dish. Pesto is a great sauce for cold winter nights. And farfalle matches perfectly with pesto. Each little bow tie gets coated by the oil and basil, without being too greasy.
Beef can be substituted by chicken or sausage.
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Cook pasta on a medium size pot. When the pasta is fully cooked but not soft yet, take out the pasta from water and save 1/4 cup pasta water aside for later.
- 2
While cooking pasta, cook the ground beef on a separate pan. Drain the grease when the beef is cooked through. (Cooking Tip: add a little white wine to the beef to add extra flavor)
- 3
On a separate pan, heat up the oil and add minced garlic. Cook through the garlic.
- 4
Add canned diced tomato, cooked ground beef to the pan and continue cooking for 2-3 minutes on medium/high heat.
- 5
Add pesto sauce, basil leaves, cooked pasta and pasta water to the pan. Continue cooking for 2 minutes.
- 6
Add milk to the pan and cook for 1 more minute.
- 7
Hot delicious pasta ready to serve.
- 8
(Optional) add grated Parmesan at serving.
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