Creamy Rigatoni with Prosciutto & Basil Pesto
- 500 g dried rigatoni
- 300 ml pure cream
- 200 ml sour cream
- 100 g basil pesto
- 1 medium brown onion, halved and sliced
- 2 rashers bacon, thinly sliced
- 100 g Proscuitto, roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup semi-sundried tomatoes, chopped
- 300 g button mushroom, halved and sliced
- 2 Roma tomatoes, diced
- 1 stalk Spring onion, sliced
- 60 g mix baby spinach & rocket leaves
- 2 Tbsp grated Parmesan
- 1 knob butter, for frying
- 1 drizzle olive oil, for frying
- to taste Cracked black pepper
- Cook your pasta as per package directions, strain and set aside.
- Prep ingredients and set aside.
- 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.
- Now add mushrooms and cook, stirring, for a further 2 minutes.
- Now for the tomatoes and Spring onion- stir in until heated.
- Now stir in your creams and basil pesto.
- 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.
- Return pasta to pot over heat.
- Add sauce and well until combined and heated through.
- Serve!
cream, sour cream, basil pesto, brown onion, rashers bacon, semisundried tomatoes, button mushroom, tomatoes, onion, baby spinach, parmesan, knob butter, olive oil, pepper
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/486519-creamy-rigatoni-with-prosciutto-basil-pesto (may not work)