Pesto Cream Sauce

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

  1. 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
  2. stirring occasionally
  3. until tender yet firm to the bite
  4. about 8 to 10 minutes; drain.
  5. 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
  6. about 1 minute. Dissolve flour in milk; stir into onion mixture. Season with salt and pepper; simmer for 4 minutes
  7. stirring constantly. Add cheese and stir until melted. Stir in pesto. Add shrimp
  8. mushrooms
  9. and tomatoes; cook for 4 minutes
  10. or until heated through. Toss with pasta until evenly coated.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 50 mins

Servings: 8

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