Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Creamy Pesto Pasta
One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 155 for brightness among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 14 cooks on www.spendwithpennies.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 155.
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Adapts cleanly: egg-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 340 g | 12 ounces spaghetti (about 2/3 package) |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon olive oil |
| 454 g | 2 to 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 lb, diced into 1/2 inch cubes) |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon dried basil |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano |
| salt and black pepper (to taste) | |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon butter |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour |
| 242 g | 1 cup half and half |
| 119 g | 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream |
| 80 g | 1/3 cup chicken broth |
| 75 g | 3/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese |
| 1/2 cup pesto | |
| fresh basil | |
| Parmesan Cheese | |
| Pine Nuts |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.spendwithpennies.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Oh. My. Girl... You knocked it out of the park with this recipe! This is a keeper for our house from tonight forward. It was so rich and creamy. I followed your recipe but had to get a couple of different brands. I used Filippo Berio Classic Pesto (produc” — a cook, 5★
“Oh. My. Girl… You knocked it out of the park with this recipe! This is a keeper for our house from tonight forward. It was so rich and creamy. I followed your recipe but had to get a couple of different brands. I used Filippo Berio Classic Pesto (product of It” — a cook, 5★