Creamy Pesto Pasta
By Philadelphia Kitchen
Prep
11 MIN
Total
26 min
Servings
2 Servings
Make dinner Really Philly Good with our Creamy Pesto Pasta. Bright, herby pesto meets smooth PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese to make a creamy, cling-to-every-noodle sauce in minutes. It’s the kind of weeknight move that feels a little extra - hot pan, big swirl, clean bowl. Really Philly Good.
Ingredients
4
oz
penne pasta
¼
cup
2
tbsp
pesto
2
tbsp
grated Parmesan cheese
Original Cream Cheese Spread
Instructions
Step 1
COOK pasta as directed on the package.
Step 2
DRAIN pasta, reserving 2 Tbsp. of the cooking water. Return pasta to saucepan along with the reserved cooking water.
Step 3
ADD cream cheese and pesto; stir until cream cheese is completely melted and sauce is well blended. Remove saucepan from heat.
Step 4
SERVE pasta topped with Parmesan cheese.
Note: Forgot to reserve the pasta cooking water? No worries. You can instead add 2 Tbsp. hot water to the drained pasta in saucepan along with the cream cheese and pesto.
