Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Rotini
- 1 jar Sun Dried Tomatoes
- 1 bunch Basil
- 1/2 cups Kalamata Olives (pitted)
- 13 cups Olive Oil
- 1/2 cups Red Wine Vinegar
- 4 cloves Garlic (give Or Take A Clove)
- 1 cup Parmesan Cheese (fresh, Or Shaved. No Green Can, Sorry.)
- 1 pound Rotini
- 1/2 sticks Butter
- 1 cup Whipping Cream
- 1 cup 1% Milk
- 1 Tablespoon Salt (or Less)
- 1 Tablespoon Freshly Ground Pepper, to taste
- In a food processor, combine sun-dried tomatoes, basil, olives, olive oil, vinegar, garlic and Parmesan cheese.
- This will make more pesto than you need.
- You can alter ingredient levels to your own taste, or leave stuff out if you like.
- If you dont like the flavor of olive oil, you could replace it with canola.
- Once youve got a loose paste, boil pasta.
- (I get the water boiling while Im doing the above step).
- While the pasta is cooking, put your butter in a large sauce pan or skillet.
- Once its melted, add five or six heaping tablespoons of your pesto mixture.
- Add whipping cream and milk.
- Keep your burner on medium or low and stir pretty constantly.
- You dont want the cheese to melt and burn on the bottom.
- You can play with levels of pesto and milk as you stir and taste.
- You can also replace the cream with all milk if you prefer, but I like the sauce to be nice and thick.
- By the time the pasta is done, the sauce should have cooked down pretty nicely.
- It will thicken once it cools.
- Once your pasta is cooked (7 or 8 minutes), drain, return to pan, and poor the bubbling creamy goodness on top.
- If you dont scrape all the cheesy goodness from the skillet, I will hunt you down and like your pan for you.
- Mix until the rotini is covered.
- I like rotini for this because it holds a lot of sauce in its little ridges.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Be aware that the cheese gives it some salt already.
- Serve it up!
- You could add a little Italian sausage or some grilled chicken, but I like it just as it is.
- And it stands on its on as an entree.
- Just serve with a nice spinach salad or some other greens.
- Om nom nom.
tomatoes, basil, olives, olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, parmesan cheese, rotini, butter, whipping cream, milk, salt, freshly ground pepper
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/creamy-sun-dried-tomato-pesto-rotini/ (may not work)