pasta with garlic scape pesto cream sauce

Name: Pasta with Garlic Scape Pesto Cream Sauce
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 3-4 tablespoon(s) garlic scape pesto (recipe in my recipe box); 1/4 pound(s) pasta, your choice; 1 cup(s) heavy cream; 2 teaspoon(s) pine nuts, toasted, for garnish; Lemon Zest - of one lemon, for garnish; 1 batch homemade croutons, for garnish; 1 heaping teaspoon(s) garlic scape pesto, for garnish; Crust of bread to make croutons

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Rainie Piccione

West Winfield, NY

Updated on Jul 21, 2019

Pasta with Garlic Scape Pesto Cream Sauce is a yummy way to use your pesto. The herbs and parmesan in the pesto mix with the cream and make a delicious form of an alfredo sauce to serve over pasta, chicken or fish.

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Fine dining at home. Be sure to get the Garlic Scape Pesto recipe from my recipe box. Very tasty pasta dish.

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Ingredients

3-4 tablespoons garlic scape pesto (recipe in my recipe box)
1/4 pound pasta, your choice
1 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons pine nuts, toasted, for garnish
Lemon Zest - of one lemon, for garnish
1 batch homemade croutons, for garnish
1 heaping teaspoon garlic scape pesto, for garnish
Crust of bread to make croutons

How To Make pasta with garlic scape pesto cream sauce

Step 1

Mini Bread Croutons: Take heal or crust of loaf of bread and dice it into small chunks. Toast in butter in a nonstick pan. Remove from heat and stir in a sprinkle of parmesan and fresh chopped parsley. Set aside for garnishing dish.

Step 2

Toasted Pine Nuts: Using the same pan toast the pine nuts and set aside for garnish.
Step 3

Bring salted water to boil and add pasta. Cook until andante, 8-10 minutes. In the sauté pan that you toasted the bread crumbs and pine nuts, pour in half a cup of heavy cream and stir in pesto. Add the spaghetti and heat through on low. Cook until heated through.
Step 4

Pour onto large plate. Place a large heaping teaspoon of pesto on top and then sprinkle with croutons, pine nuts, lemon zest and thinly sliced garlic scapes. Serve immediately.
Step 5

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