Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, penne pesto with ham. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook penne pesto with ham using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Penne Pesto with Ham:
- Make ready 200 grams cooked penne pasta, keep a cup of pasta water
- Take 3 garlic cloves minced
- Take 3 tbsp of pesto genovese (blended basil, olive oil, garlic, pine nuts)
- Get 3 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
- Get 1/2 cup ham, sliced in strips
- Make ready 1/4 cup shredded or shaved parmesan
- Make ready pepper
- Take 1/4 cup chopped basil
Instructions to make Penne Pesto with Ham:
- On medium heat, quickly fry the ham in a non stick pan with a tsp of oil, set aside.
- Saute (dont brown pls) minced garlic in oil in medium heat and add the cooked penne pasta. Add the pesto, pasta water, pepper and toss.
- Increase the heat a bit and add the ham. After 2 min, remove from fire and toss half of the parmesan cheese.
- Plate up and garnish with extra parmesan and chopped basil.
- Note: ham and cheese will provide the salt you need so dont be tempted. You can add chilli flakes if you like the bite! Have fun! :-)
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