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Pasta With Pestolino (Hl)

Type: Pasta
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 cups 60g / 2.1ozLightly packed basil leaves - stemmed
1   Garlic cloves - (up to 3)
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5ozLite butter
1/4 cup 59mlNonfat vanilla ice cream
1/8 cup 29mlOlive oil
1/4 cup 36g / 1.3ozParmesan cheese
1/8 cup 29mlDefatted chicken broth or vegetable broth
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt
12 oz 340gPasta

Recipe Instructions

Blanch basil leaves in boiling water for 30 seconds. Drain the leaves and press excess water out. Place basil, butter, and garlic in a food processor. Process until well blended. Add the next five ingredients and process until smooth. Taste to see if you need more garlic.

Boil pasta in salted water, drain and pour into a large bowl. Add the pestolino and toss until blended. If you prepare the pestolino ahead, cover and refrigerate but do not heat. When ready to eat toss with the hot pasta.

Yield: 2 cups (use 1/2 cup of sauce per 12 ounces of pasta)

Nutritional information: 43 calories and 3.5 grams of fat per one tablespoon of sauce

(Courtesy of "Fat Chance" by Joan Cortopassi and Annette Cain)

Busted by Gail Shermeyer <[email protected]> on May 24, 1997

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #639 by [email protected] (Shermeyer-Gail) on Jun 07, 1997

Source:
TVFN: RECIPE FOR HEALTH SHOW #RHD147

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