Recipe: Perfect Creamy Rigatoni with Basil Pesto & Prosciutto

Creamy Rigatoni with Basil Pesto & Prosciutto.

You can cook Creamy Rigatoni with Basil Pesto & Prosciutto using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Creamy Rigatoni with Basil Pesto & Prosciutto

1. It's 500 g of dried rigatoni.
2. It's 300 ml of pure cream.
3. It's 200 ml of sour cream.
4. Prepare 100 g of basil pesto.
5. You need 1 of medium brown onion, halved and sliced.
6. Prepare 2 rashers of bacon, thinly sliced.
7. You need 100 g of Proscuitto, roughly chopped.
8. It's 1/2 cup of semi-sundried tomatoes, chopped.
9. You need 300 g of button mushroom, halved and sliced.
10. It's 2 of Roma tomatoes, diced.
11. You need 1 stalk of Spring onion, sliced.
12. Prepare 60 g of mix baby spinach & rocket leaves.
13. You need 2 Tbsp of grated Parmesan.
14. It's 1 knob of butter, for frying.
15. Prepare 1 drizzle of olive oil, for frying.
16. Prepare to taste of Cracked black pepper.
17. Prepare of *no salt required*.

Creamy Rigatoni with Basil Pesto & Prosciutto instructions

1. Cook your pasta as per package directions, strain and set aside..
2. Prep ingredients and set aside..
3. In a large pan (or use the same pot as pasta was cooked in), heat a knob of butter and a drizzle of olive oil over high heat. Add bacon, prosciutto, onion and sundries tomatoes. Cook until bacon has started to brown (3 or 4 minutes) and prosciutto has crisped up a little..
4. Now add mushrooms and cook, stirring, for a further 2 minutes..
5. Now for the tomatoes and Spring onion- stir in until heated. Now stir in your creams and basil pesto..
6. Once the sauce has heated through, remove from heat and throw your greens over the top. Grate some Parmesan over the top and you are ready to put it all together..
7. Return pasta to pot over heat. Add sauce and stir well until combined and heated through. Serve!.