cathy's mascarpone spinach pesto

Name: Cathy's Mascarpone Spinach Pesto
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 tablespoon(s) (about 4 oz) of marscapone cheese (you can use either cream cheese or ricotta cheese); 1-4 clove(s) raw garlic (depends on how much you love raw garlic); 1 teaspoon(s) lemon pepper (i use victoria taylor because it has no salt in it) you can also use lemon rind or just leave it out); 1 teaspoon(s) chicken bouillon (herb ox because of the no salt but use what you have); 1 teaspoon(s) crushed red pepper flakes (less if your not into spicy or leave it out); 3 teaspoon(s) basil (dried) or use a nice handful of fresh if you have; 1 bag(s) fresh baby spinach (raw)

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Cathy LaFay

Cape Coral, FL

Updated on Apr 24, 2013

I had some fresh spinach and mascarpone I needed to use up so that is how this recipe came to be...

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Ingredients

8 tablespoons (about 4 oz) of marscapone cheese (you can use either cream cheese or ricotta cheese)
1-4 clove raw garlic (depends on how much you love raw garlic)
1 teaspoon lemon pepper (i use victoria taylor because it has no salt in it) you can also use lemon rind or just leave it out)
1 teaspoon chicken bouillon (herb ox because of the no salt but use what you have)
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (less if your not into spicy or leave it out)
3 teaspoons basil (dried) or use a nice handful of fresh if you have
1 bag fresh baby spinach (raw)

How To Make cathy's mascarpone spinach pesto

Step 1

Add garlic to a food processor along with spices and just pulse it until the garlic is minced.

Step 2

Add marscapone cheese and the bag of spinach pulse until it all comes together.
Step 3

Im using Gnocchi but you can use whatever pasta you want.
Step 4

Cook pasta according to package and save about a cup of the starchy pasta water before draining. Drain pasta into a bowl (I put it back into the pot) and add the pesto and a little of the water to loosen it up.
Step 5

Add grated cheese... and enjoy
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