Pesto Cream Sauce Recipe
This creamy pesto sauce recipe is rich, silky and packed with fresh basil flavor. Made with butter, garlic, heavy cream, Parmesan, basil pesto and lemon, it comes together in about 15 minutes and is perfect for tossing with pasta or spooning over chicken, shrimp, gnocchi or vegetables. It’s an easy weeknight dinner sauce and one of the best ways to use up homemade basil pesto.
- Time: 5 min
- Servings: 8
Source: The Suburban Soapbox
Ingredients
- tablespoons unsalted butter
- garlic
- heavy cream
- ounces cream cheese
- finely grated Parmesan
- basil pesto
- Juice and zest of 1 lemon
- teaspoon kosher salt
- teaspoon black pepper
- of red pepper flakes
- Pasta water )