fusilli with spinach and basil pesto and snow peas pasta

Name: fusilli with spinach and basil pesto and snow peas pasta
Total time: 900 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup frozen chopped spinach, juices drained; 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped; 1/3 cup pine seeds; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp butter; 2 medium shallots, chopped finely; 4 clove garlic, crushed; 1 cup chicken stock or vegetable stock; 1 1/2 cup cooking cream; 1 cup parmesan cheese; 400 grams fusilli pasta; 8 cup of water for cooking the pasta; 2 cup fresh snow peas cut into 2cm pieces

Momo_js @cook_2913365

fusilli with spinach and basil pesto and snow peas pasta

Momo_js @cook_2913365

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Ingredients

15 mins

for spinach and basil pesto
1/2 cupfrozen chopped spinach, juices drained
1/2 cupfresh basil leaves, roughly chopped
1/3 cuppine seeds
4 tbspolive oil
for Cream sauce
1 tbspbutter
2 mediumshallots, chopped finely
4 clovegarlic, crushed
1 cupchicken stock or vegetable stock
1 1/2 cupcooking cream
1 cupparmesan cheese
400 gramsfusilli pasta
8 cupof water for cooking the pasta
2 cupfresh snow peas cut into 2cm pieces

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Steps

15 mins

1

to prepare pesto sauce: in a food processor add spinach, basil, pine seeds, olive oil and process to a course pasta
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to prepare cream sauce: melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, add shallots and garlic and sauté until shallots are soft.
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add chicken stick and simmer for 5 minutes until garlic and shallots are melted into the sauce.
4

add cooking cream and parmesan cheese and simmer until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth and somewhat thick. remove from heat and stir in the pesto.
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meanwhile, cook pasta in boiling water. drain pasta, discard water and return to empty pot.
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add sauce and cut snow peas into thw pasta and stur gently until pasta is coated.
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cook on low heat for 5 minutes until snow peas are soft but not fully cooked.
8

serve warm on a large platter.
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hope you like it