Penne Pesto with Ham
Penne Pesto with Ham

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, penne pesto with ham. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook penne pesto with ham using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Penne Pesto with Ham:
  1. Get 200 grams cooked penne pasta, keep a cup of pasta water
  2. Get 3 garlic cloves minced
  3. Make ready 3 tbsp of pesto genovese (blended basil, olive oil, garlic, pine nuts)
  4. Prepare 3 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
  5. Take 1/2 cup ham, sliced in strips
  6. Get 1/4 cup shredded or shaved parmesan
  7. Take pepper
  8. Make ready 1/4 cup chopped basil
Instructions to make Penne Pesto with Ham:
  1. On medium heat, quickly fry the ham in a non stick pan with a tsp of oil, set aside.
  2. 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.
  3. Increase the heat a bit and add the ham. After 2 min, remove from fire and toss half of the parmesan cheese.
  4. Plate up and garnish with extra parmesan and chopped basil.
  5. 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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