Creamy Pea and Pesto Pasta

Creamy Pea and Pesto Pasta

Ready in 25 minutes Serves 5
This dish most recently appeared in My Gluten Free Bag on Sunday, August 4, 2019.

Ingredients

Sauce

  • 1 red onion
  • 1/2 pack roasted capsicum
  • 1/2 pack baby spinach
  • 1 courgette
  • 1 pack pesto
  • 125g sour cream

Pasta

  • 1 pack pasta
  • 250g frozen peas

To Serve

  • 1/2 block cheese, grated
  • 1 pack garlic chilli blend (optional adults)
  • 1 pack almonds

Steps

  1. Prep veggies Bring a pot of hot salted tap water to the boil with the lid on. Thinly slice onion, roasted capsicum and spinach and dice courgette.
  2. Cook pasta Add pasta to pot of boiling water and cook for 9-10 minutes, until tender. Add peas and cook for a further minute, 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.
  3. Cook veggies Heat a drizzle of oil in a fry pan on high heat. Cook onion and courgette with 1/2 tsp salt for about 3 minutes, until tender. Add roasted capsicum and spinach to pan and cook for a further minute, until heated through.
  4. To finish Remove fry-pan 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 cheese, a pinch of garlic chilli blend and almonds.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2575 kj
615 kcal
Protein 18.1g
Carbohydrate 61.3g
Fat 32.0g