Creamy Pesto Alfredo Farfalle Food

CREAMY PESTO ALFREDO FARFALLE

Steps:

• 1. Boil pasta according to package directions.
• 2. While pasta is cooking, heat butter over medium heat in a heavy saute pan. Add garlic and cook until lightly golden and fragrant. Don't turn your heat up too high, or your garlic will become bitter.
• 3. Add flour to butter and garlic, stirring quickly with a whisk. Cook this roux about 3-5 minutes, or until it is golden.
• 4. Add cream and milk, stirring constantly. Whisk until all lumps are gone.
• 5. Add salt and fresh ground pepper to taste. Now you have a basic bechamel sauce.
• 6. Continue to simmer over medium heat, stirring frequently. Reduce the sauce until the thickness is to your liking.
• 7. When sauce has thickened, remove from heat and add pesto, stirring well. Serve over hot pasta.

PESTO ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir half-and-half, pesto, butter, garlic powder, salt, and pepper together in a skillet over medium-low heat; cook until hot, about 8 minutes.

FARFALLE WITH CREAMY PESTO

Steps:

• Cook pasta in boiling, salted water until al dente.
• While pasta is cooking, combine remaining ingredients except Parmesan in a food processor and process for 30 seconds.
• (To release more flavor from basil leaves, place them in a small plastic bag and bruise with a meat mallet before adding to food processor).
• Drain pasta and toss with sauce in a serving bowl.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

CREAMY FARFALLE WITH CREMINI, ASPARAGUS, AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the farfalle and cook until al dente, stirring occasionally, about 12 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup of pasta water.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and saute until tender and most of the juices have evaporated, about 5 minutes. Add the asparagus and saute until the asparagus is crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Add the farfalle. Stir in the mascarpone and nutmeg and toss until the cheese coats the pasta, adding the reserved cooking liquid 1/4 cup at a time to moisten. Stir in 1/2 cup of walnuts. Season the pasta, to taste, with salt and pepper. Mound the pasta in a large bowl. Sprinkle with the Parmesan and remaining 1/4 cup of walnuts. Serve.

CHICKEN FARFALLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cream the cream cheese and the sour cream together in a bowl and set aside.
• In a large bowl blend the 2 cups of nonfat powdered milk with the 3 ½ cups of water.
• Add the envelope of Knorr Vegetable soup mix, the 1 teaspoon of salt and the 1 teaspoon of pepper to the milk and set aside.
• It is important to allow the dry soup mix time to reconstitute a little while you are preparing the other ingredients.
• Heat the Olive Oil and 4 Tablespoons of the butter or margarine in a large skillet or wok.
• Sauté the mushrooms & onions in this with the ½ teaspoons of salt and pepper until the mushrooms are slightly browned.
• Remove the mushrooms & onions from the pan with a slotted spoon and drain them on a plate lined with several layers of paper towels.
• Add the other 4 Tablespoons of butter or margarine to the drippings of the pan.
• When melted, stir in the 3 Tablespoons of white flour and stir while cooking for about 1 minute.
• Turn down the heat to medium low.
• Slowly add the milk/soup mixture and the parmesan cheese to the butter/flour mixture in the pan, stirring while simmering until the mixture starts to thicken to about a medium thin sauce.
• Turn off the heat and let sauce cool slightly.
• Add a small amount of the hot sauce to the cream cheese/sour cream mixture stirring well.
• Add all the cream cheese/sour cream mixture to the hot sauce and blend well.
• Add the mushrooms & onions to the sauce and blend.
• Add the spinach, chicken and cashews to the sauce.
• Turn the burner on very low to keep warm while cooking the pasta.
• Cook the Farfelle Pasta for about 13 minutes in about 2 quarts of hot boiling water.
• Drain the pasta and then add the hot pasta to the hot vegetable sauce.
• Pour all of the ingredients into a greased 13 x 9 baking dish/pan.
• Mix the topping ingredients together in a small bowl.
• Sprinkle the topping evenly over the casserole.
• Bake 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
• Serve & enjoy.

CREAMY PESTO

Steps:

• Combine basil, pine nuts, Asiago, garlic, pepper, and salt in a food processor; pulse until uniformly chopped. Gradually add olive oil until a thick paste forms. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
• Melt butter in a medium pan over low heat. Add flour and whisk constantly for 2 minutes. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly. Continue to cook until thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in Asiago cheese until melted. Stir in pesto sauce until combined.