Lou's pesto cream sauce (recipe)
| Lou's pesto cream sauce (recipe) | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lou's pesto cream sauce |
| Ingredients | Garlic • Salt • Lemon • Zest of • Pine nuts • Pistachio nuts • Basil leaves • Extra virgin olive oil • Heavy cream • Parmesan cheese • Water |
| Cooktime (in hours) | 0.166666667 |
| Preptime (in hours) | 0.5 |
| Totaltime (in hours) | 0.666666667 |
| Keto friendliness | Keto friendly |
| Calories | 296.9 |
| Fat | 29.7 |
| Protein | 5.8 |
| Carbohydrate | 3.7 |
| Fiber | 1.6 |
| Net carbohydrates | 2.1 |
| Sugar | 0.4 |
| Saturated fat | 10.6 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 49 |
| Sodium | 447.5 |
| Servings | 8 |
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Lou's pesto cream sauce (recipe) is a keto friendly food item with net carbohydrates of about 2-3 per serving.
Lou's pesto cream sauce (recipe) details
Recipe instructions
- Crush garlic, lemon zest, salt, pistachios, and pine nuts to a smooth, thick paste with a mortar and pestal.
- Transfer to a blender and add 1/2 cup olive oil.
- Blend until very smooth.
- Add basil leaves in batches, stopping the machine and pushing the leaves down from time to time until a smooth paste is achieved.
- Transfer to a sauce pan.
- Add 2/3 cup of water to the blender and pulse/clean to get the rest of the paste, scrapping down the sides.
- Pour water into sauce pan with basil paste.
- Heat, stirring to combine.
- When heated through, stir in cream and cook until sauce has thickened a bit.
- Remove from heat and stir in cheese.
- Serve over rough pasta such as Rusticane-Pasta or Lanterne-Pasta.
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