Creamy Pea and Pesto Pasta
Ready in 30 minutes
• Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, August 4, 2019.
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, August 4, 2019.
Ingredients
Sauce
- 1 red onion
- 1 pack roasted capsicum
- 1/2 bunch silverbeet
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 courgettes
- 1 pack pesto
- 125g sour cream
Pasta
- 1 pack fresh pasta
- 250g frozen peas
To Serve
- 1/2 block Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 pack garlic chilli blend
- 1 pack pumpkin seeds
Steps
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Prep veggies Bring a pot of hot salted tap water to the boil with the lid on. Thinly slice onion and roasted capsicum. Remove stalk from silverbeet and thinly slice until you have 2 cups worth. Roughly chop garlic; dice courgettes.
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Cook veggies Heat a drizzle of oil in a fry-pan on high heat. Cook onion, garlic and courgette with 1/2 tsp salt for about 3 minutes, until tender. Add roasted capsicum and silverbeet to pan and cook for 1 minute, until heated through.
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Cook pasta Cook pasta in pot of boiling water for about 3 minutes, until tender. Add peas and cook for 1 minute further, until bright green and tender. Reserve 1 cup of pasta water, drain pasta and return to pot with a drizzle of olive oil to prevent sticking.
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To finish Remove fry-pan from heat and fold through pesto and sour cream. Add pasta and peas to pan with sauce and mix to combine. Add a little reserved pasta water if needed. Season to taste.
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Serve pasta topped with Parmesan cheese, a pinch of garlic chilli blend and pumpkin seeds.
Nutritional Information
| Energy |
2784 kj 665 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 23.5g |
| Carbohydrate | 67.7g |
| Fat | 32.8g |