Creamy Pesto Alfredo Sauce
Creamy pesto alfredo sauce is simply made by adding a little premade pesto to an easy homemade alfredo sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 oz cream cheese, room temp
- 1 c heavy cream
- ½ c parmesan cheese
- ¼ c pesto sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tbs garlic powder
- 1 lb pasta of your choice
- 1 ladel pasta water
Instructions
- First, melt the butter in a large lipped skillet and add the chopped garlic. Sauté the garlic for 1-2 minutes over medium high heat.
- Now add the softened cream cheese and heavy cream and stir that in until the cream cheese is melted in to the sauce.
- Next, add in the grated Parmesan cheese and garlic power and stir it in until the Parmesan is melted.
- Then add in the pesto sauce and stir it all together until it’s evenly combined.
- After that, stir in a ladle of pasta water into the sauce and reason it if you think it needs it.
- Finally, serve the sauce over the pasta of your choice and enjoy!