Description
This absolutely combines the best ingredients to create a rich, velvety pesto sauce. It’s sinfully delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package linguine pasta
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 8 cloves garlic, sliced
- ½ cup butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 ½ cups grated Romano cheese
- 1 cup prepared basil pesto
- 1 pound cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 20 mushrooms, chopped
- 3 roma (plum) tomato, diced
Instructions
- Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in linguine and return to a boil. Cook pasta uncovered
- stirring occasionally
- until tender yet firm to the bite
- about 8 to 10 minutes; drain.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sauté onion until tender and translucent. Stir in garlic and butter; sauté until garlic is soft and fragrant
- about 1 minute. Dissolve flour in milk; stir into onion mixture. Season with salt and pepper; simmer for 4 minutes
- stirring constantly. Add cheese and stir until melted. Stir in pesto. Add shrimp
- mushrooms
- and tomatoes; cook for 4 minutes
- or until heated through. Toss with pasta until evenly coated.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Servings: 8