Pesto Cream Sauce

This absolutely combines the best ingredients to create a rich, velvety pesto sauce. It's sinfully delicious!

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 677 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 (16 ounce) package linguine pasta
• 1 ½ cups grated Romano cheese
• 1 pound cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 pinch pepper
• 8 cloves garlic, sliced
• 1 cup prepared basil pesto
• 20 mushrooms, chopped
• 3 roma (plum) tomato, diced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.

Step 2

Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute onion until tender and translucent. Stir in garlic and butter, and saute until garlic is soft and fragrant, about 1 minute. Dissolve flour in milk, then stir in. Season with salt and pepper, and simmer 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Add cheese, and stir until melted. Stir in pesto. Add shrimp, mushrooms and tomatoes. Cook 4 minutes, or until heated through. Toss with pasta until evenly coated.