This recipe is an adaptation of the spinach pesto recipe from The finer things club. I started with her pesto ingredient and blended them in a blender.
Here's what the pesto looked like when it was all done
Then I combined the pesto with a cream sauce I made in the saucepan.
Here's the recipe! Enjoy!
Spinach Pesto Alfredo Sauce
*Serves 3-4
1
Cup of firmly packed fresh spinach leaves
1 tsp. of dried basil
1/2 Cup parmesan or romano cheese
1/4 Cup of walnuts, almonds, or pine nuts
1 large clove of garlic, quartered
1/4 tsp. of salt
1/4 Cup of olive oil
¼ Cup butter
½ 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 Cup milk (or cream or half and half)
Combine the spinach, basil, Parmesan cheese, nuts, garlic, salt and olive oil in a blender. Cover and blend with several on-off-terns until a paste consistency forms, stopping several times to scrape the sides.
1 tsp. of dried basil
1/2 Cup parmesan or romano cheese
1/4 Cup of walnuts, almonds, or pine nuts
1 large clove of garlic, quartered
1/4 tsp. of salt
1/4 Cup of olive oil
¼ Cup butter
½ 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 Cup milk (or cream or half and half)
Combine the spinach, basil, Parmesan cheese, nuts, garlic, salt and olive oil in a blender. Cover and blend with several on-off-terns until a paste consistency forms, stopping several times to scrape the sides.
In
a saucepan over med-low heat melt the butter. Add cream cheese and melt. Add
milk and turn up the heat a bit and heat to boiling until the cream sauce is
nice and thick. Then add the pesto sauce from the blender, stir and season with
salt and pepper. Serve immediately over pasta or spaghetti squash. Serve with
chicken or fresh bread, if desired.
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6 comments:
This looks so wonderful. I love pesto. Come visit us. We have a terrific beef and barley stew today!
Hopping over from It's a Keeper. Great recipe.
Thanks for linking with See Ya In the Gumbo. I'm glad you joined in this week! A gal after my own heart--I prefer creamy pesto too.
Your Spinach Pesto Alfredo looks wonderful and I love it on top of the Spaghetti Squash, it looks delicious. Hope you are having a fabulous week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
i make something similar...yum..and always a family favorite...the spinach adds the nutrients too!! Your pictures look very tempting.
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I am just now looking at last weeks entries to Tuesday's Tasty Tidbits. I love the look of this one. I go to a party on St.Patrick's Day called "The Green Thing" and we have to bring green food. I think I will try your green food. Yum!
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