Creamy Garlic Pasta Nests With Pesto Chicken Meatballs
- Womenscorner Desk
- September 29, 2020
Ingredients :
- 11 individual meatballs from one package Gold’n Plump® Chicken Meatballs – Pesto Italian, thawed
- 1 16-oz. package angel hair nests (this is what I use, which has 11 nests per package)
- 4 T. unsalted butter
- 6 large cloves garlic, minced
- 1-1/2 c. heavy cream
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
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- 1 c. grated Parmesan
- 1/4 c. pesto
- freshly ground black pepper
- shredded Parmesan, for garnish, if desired
- 1 T. minced fresh parsley, for garnish, if desired
- small fresh basil leaves, for garnish, if desired
Method : Preheat oven to 350° F. Lightly spray a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray and put aside. Bring a medium-large pot of salted water to a boil. Add all pasta nests then turn heat down therefore the water is merely gently bubbling, and cook for two minutes, just until hard . employing a slotted spoon, quickly remove pasta nests from water, draining away the maximum amount water as you'll , and place them on prepared rimmed baking sheet. Set aside. don't discard pasta water.
Heat 12″ forged iron skillet or other 12″ oven-safe skillet over medium to medium-low heat. Add butter. Once melted, add garlic, stirring to coat. Sauté for about 3 minutes, stirring regularly, until garlic is softened. If garlic starts to brown, turn heat down a touch . Stir in cream and kosher salt. When mixture starts to bubble, let simmer for two minutes longer, stirring every now then . Add 2 tablespoons of the reserved pasta water, then whisk in grated Parmesan until smooth.
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Taste test and add a touch more salt, if needed. Remove skillet from heat. Nestle each of the cooked pasta nests into the white sauce . Add 1 teaspoon of pesto to the centers of each pasta nest, spreading out the pesto into the pasta a touch . Press a chicken meatball into the middle of every pasta nest then add a touch more pesto to the highest of each meatball. Cover skillet with foil, getting to not let the foil touch the meatballs, and place in oven. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until white sauce is bubbling lightly. Sprinkle each pasta nest with a touch of freshly ground black pepper, plus freshly shredded Parmesan, minced parsley, and basil leaves, if desired.
Serve hot.
