Recipe: Eating on a Dime Creamy Rigatoni with Basil Pesto & Prosciutto

Recipe: Eating on a Dime Creamy Rigatoni with Basil Pesto & Prosciutto Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Creamy Rigatoni with Basil Pesto & Prosciutto. To measure basil, firmly pack basil leaves into a measuring cup. Use a measuring cup for measuring dry ingredients. Rinse the basil leaves with cool water, and pat dry thoroughly with a paper towel or clean, dry kitchen towel.

Next, turn on the machine and slowly drizzle in the olive oil to make a nice puree.

Great recipe for Creamy Rigatoni with Basil Pesto & Prosciutto.

Beautiful dish- takes very little time to make and packed full of great flavour.

You can cook Creamy Rigatoni with Basil Pesto & Prosciutto using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Creamy Rigatoni with Basil Pesto & Prosciutto

1. Prepare of dried rigatoni.

2. You need of pure cream.

3. Prepare of sour cream.

4. You need of basil pesto.

5. You need of medium brown onion, halved and sliced.

6. You need of bacon, thinly sliced.

7. You need of Proscuitto, roughly chopped.

8. Prepare of semi-sundried tomatoes, chopped.

9. You need of button mushroom, halved and sliced.

10. Prepare of Roma tomatoes, diced.

11. You need of Spring onion, sliced.

12. You need of mix baby spinach & rocket leaves.

13. It’s of grated Parmesan.

14. Prepare of butter, for frying.

15. You need of olive oil, for frying.

16. You need of Cracked black pepper.

17. You need of no salt required.

I thought maybe a few toasted pine nuts for next time I make it.

Add all the ingredients into a food processor and mix well.

Mix with any pasta you desire but I chose rigatoni.

I love anything creamy, frosting, pasta sauce and even lotions haha.

Creamy Rigatoni with Basil Pesto & Prosciutto step by step

1. Cook your pasta as per package directions, strain and set aside..

2. Prep ingredients and set aside..

3. In a large pan (or use the same pot as pasta was cooked in), heat a knob of butter and a drizzle of olive oil over high heat. Add bacon, prosciutto, onion and sundries tomatoes. Cook until bacon has started to brown (3 or 4 minutes) and prosciutto has crisped up a little..

4. Now add mushrooms and cook, stirring, for a further 2 minutes..

5. Now for the tomatoes and Spring onion- stir in until heated. Now stir in your creams and basil pesto..

6. Once the sauce has heated through, remove from heat and throw your greens over the top. Grate some Parmesan over the top and you are ready to put it all together..

7. Return pasta to pot over heat. Add sauce and stir well until combined and heated through. Serve!.

So its a no brainer that my pasta dishes have to have a creamy sauce or a base, its a MUST!

Once cooked, remove the chicken from the pan.

Heat the pesto and then stir in the heavy cream.

Once incorporated, toss in the pasta, chicken, parmesan cheese and.

Place wooden spoon in the glass dish while doing so.