





Everyone needs a solid go-to weeknight meal. To me the easiest, most filling and fulfilling meal is a good pasta dish. I wanted to branch out from our usual penne with red sauce and came across Carla's video for a white pesto sauce. I love traditional basil pesto, so I was pretty excited to give a new version a try!





Substitutions

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Logistics

In the video Carla calls for the pasta water to be heavily salted (about 1/4 cup salt). In the reviews I read that adding that much salt made it inedible so we scaled back the salt in ours and found it wasn’t enough. I would try maybe 1/8 cup and increase from there.





Review- 4/5

This was the first white sauce I’ve had that wasn’t an Alfredo so I had to train my brain not to expect the taste of Alfredo.

I would add more Parmesan than the recipe calls for just because I like the extra depth of flavor it adds.





Finals Thoughts

I actually LOVED this dish as a day after meal. We reheated individual portions in a skillet and topped with more cheese and it made for excellent leftovers.