Creamy Pea and Pesto Pasta

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.

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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