Mum reveals recipe for the most delicious creamy pesto pasta ever – and you will only need one pan!

Your Monday night dinner sorted: Mum shares her recipe for the most delicious creamy pesto pasta ever – and you only need one pan

  • An Australian mum has revealed how to make creamy pesto pasta at home
  • The dish is ‘quick’ and easy-to-follow and ‘perfect for a midweek meal’ 
  • Thousands of people liked the recipe – thanking the home cook for posting it 

An Australian mum has revealed her easy recipe for creamy pesto pasta – and it is the perfect dish to whip up after a busy day in the office.

Lina’s recipe calls for pesto – homemade works best but store-bought is fine, your choice of pasta, cherry tomatoes, cream, garlic and cheese. 

She also uses olive oil, pine nuts, chilli flakes and bocconcini in the easy-to-follow recipe.

An Australian mum has revealed her easy recipe for creamy pesto pasta – and it is the perfect dish to whip up after a busy day in the office

Lina runs the Lebanese Plate Instagram page and website - and loves cooking

Lina runs the Lebanese Plate Instagram page and website – and loves cooking

Lina, who cooks under the name ‘The Lebanese Plate’ on Instagram, starts by toasting the pine nuts in oil before removing them and setting them aside.

She then uses the same pot to sauté the garlic.

She adds the cherry tomatoes and cooks them until soft before adding her pasta.

This can be any kind of pre-cooked pasta but she chose to use gnocchi. 

‘Add your homemade pesto, salt pepper to taste, cooking cream, pasta cooking water, toasted pine nuts and chilli flakes. Mix to combine gently,’ she said.

She removes the pot from the heat before tossing in the bocconcini. The Parmesan is added to serve.

The mum also uses olive oil, pine nuts, chilli flakes and bocconcini in the easy-to-follow recipe

The mum also uses olive oil, pine nuts, chilli flakes and bocconcini in the easy-to-follow recipe

Lina uses whatever pasta she has in her cupboard for this dish - today it is gnocchi

Lina uses whatever pasta she has in her cupboard for this dish – today it is gnocchi

The mum grates Parmesan cheese on top of the dish to serve it

The mum grates Parmesan cheese on top of the dish to serve it 

‘Sometimes I add chicken but it’s honestly great as a vegetarian dish,’ she said in her post.

And the simple post appeared to hit the spot with he audience – attracting over a thousand likes in just three days.

Most of the comments were simply thanking the former high school teacher for her delicious recipe.

‘Not only are your videos amazing , and the recipes mouth watering but your music choice is always on point keep up the brilliant inspirational posts,’ one woman said.

The mum also has a website linked to her Instagram account where she has a selection of recipes and also some spice mixes for sale. 

How can I make creamy pesto pasta at home? 

INGREDIENTS

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

2 tbsp pine nuts

3 -4 cloves garlic

1 1/2 cups homemade pesto

Parmesan cheese 

Salt 

 1 punnet cherry tomatoes

220g baby bocconcini

pinch chilli flakes

1/3 cup cooking cream

Your choice of cooked pasta

Pepper 

METHOD 

Toast the pine nuts in the olive oil. Remove and set aside. 

In the same pot (no one has time to wash more than one pot), sauté the garlic.

Add tomatoes and cook until soft. Add your chosen pasta. Here I used gnocchi but I always switch it up so just use what you have.

Add your homemade pesto, salt  pepper to taste, cooking cream, pasta cooking water, toasted pine nuts and chilli flakes. Mix to combine gently. 

Remove from heat and toss through bocconcini and serve with grated Parmesan.

She also often adds chicken but says it is an amazing vegetarian choice without it