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Pea Pesto Pasta with Burrata and Sun Dried Tomatoes

 

Pea Pesto Pasta with burrata is ready in 20 minutes and makes a perfect spring dinner from www.seasonedsprinkles.com

There’s something about this time of year that has me craving pasta. I’m not much for really heavy meat sauces as we creep forward into spring. I want something lighter and springy like this pea pesto pasta with burrata and sun dried tomatoes.

Pea Pesto Pasta with Burrata and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Pea Pesto Pasta with Burrata and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Ok so maybe lighter isn’t the right word what with that beautiful hunk of burrata cheese. If you haven’t had it, you need to try it asap. Burrata is basically fresh mozzarella with a cream center.

Pea Pesto Pasta with Burrata and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Pea Pesto Pasta with Burrata and Sun Dried Tomatoes

So burrata is pretty much the Cadbury egg of the cheese world. In my mind this makes perfect sense. Cream filled chocolate egg, cream filled cheese. Poe-tay-toe. Poe-tah-toe. But major difference between Cadbury eggs and burrata: Cadbury eggs likely don’t taste amazing on pasta (I’m not certain of this fact as I’ve never tested it myself but just taking a wildly educated guess) but burrata does.

Pea Pesto Pasta with Burrata and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Pea Pesto Pasta with Burrata and Sun Dried Tomatoes

The outside of the burrata starts to melt from the pasta’s heat. And when you cut into it with your fork all the cream from the inside streams out and coats the pasta in glorious buttery creaminess. It is literally the best.

Pea Pesto Pasta with Burrata and Sun Dried Tomatoes

The cream filled burrata center makes this pasta perfection

That buttery creaminess goes so well with the pea pesto. The pea pesto is more mellow than a straight basil pesto. Peas have that sweet mild taste that makes this pesto a bit sweet behind the bit of spicy bite from the fresh garlic and the notes of bright acidity from the lemon juice. It really does hit all the flavors. I just couldn’t get enough of it.

Saute the peas

Saute the peas with some garlic, lemon zest, white wine and olive oil

And like most pesto, this pea pesto is super easy to make. A lot of people think pesto is really hard to make, but it’s not. I promise. All you do is through the ingredients into a food processor and pulse away.

Peas

The star of the pesto: spring peas

Then pour on top of pasta- I used linguine- and toss with extra peas, some walnuts, and sun dried tomatoes. Finish the whole beautiful mess off with that lovely hunk of burrata.

Pea Pesto Pasta with Burrata and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Pea Pesto Pasta with Burrata and Sun Dried Tomatoes

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Pea Pesto Pasta with Burrata and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Pea Pesto Pasta with Burrata and Sun Dried Tomatoes


  • Author: Seasoned Sprinkles
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 2 large servings 1x

Description

Pea Pesto with Burrata and Sun Dried Tomatoes is an easy, elegant spring dinner that is quick enough for a weeknight but fancy enough to entertain with.


Ingredients

Scale

For the pesto

  • 2 cups peas
  • 6 tbs olive oil, divided
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 6 cloves of garlic, peeled
  • 1/8 tsp red pepper
  • zest of half a lemon
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup of crushed walnuts
  • 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese
  • 20 basil leaves
  • juice of 1/2 lemon

For the pasta

  • 1/2 pound of linguine or pasta of your choice
  • 1/2 cup of sun dried tomatoes
  • 2 balls of burrata cheese*

Instructions

  1. Boil the pasta according to directions on the package.
  2. While the pasta is boiling, heat a large pan over medium low to medium heat with half of the olive oil. Peel the garlic cloves and gently crush them by pressing down on them by with a knife on its side to release their fragrance. Add the peas, white wine, lemon zest, spices, and garlic to the pan. Cook until the peas turn bright green and soften slightly about 3 minutes-4 minutes. Add the contents of the pan to a food processor along with the basil, lemon juice, walnuts and cheese. Pulse to blend it together and add the remaining oil a little at a time until the pesto reaches desired consistency.
  3. Pour pesto over hot, cooked, drained noodles and toss with sun dried tomatoes. Plate and top with a burrata ball. Enjoy.

Notes

Omit red pepper if you don’t like heat.
If doubling the recipe, add enough burrata for everyone to have their own ball of cheese.
Use any kind of pasta you like but thicker pasta like linguine or fettucine will hold up the best with the sauce. Ziti or rigatoni would also work well.

  • Category: dinner, pasta, vegetarian
  • Cuisine: Italian, American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 2 large servings
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Tuesday 17th of April 2018

[…] that sucker in the cart so fast. I am a huge fan of food processors. I love making pestos like this pea pesto and hummus and all kinds of things. But my last two food processors broke really fast. So I have […]

MK

Friday 6th of April 2018

That heaping mound of burrata is beautiful and looks like perfection. The pea pesto is such a great idea - I'm going to try this in some of my own dishes in experimenting with different pestos.

jfletcher

Wednesday 11th of April 2018

Thank you!

Cathy M

Friday 6th of April 2018

Looks so tasty! I'd love to give this a try!

jfletcher

Wednesday 11th of April 2018

Enjoy!

Michelle

Thursday 5th of April 2018

Wow I love pesto with pasta, sounds like a great recipe that I will be trying after I go shopping.

jfletcher

Wednesday 11th of April 2018

Enjoy!

Patricia @ Grab a Plate

Thursday 5th of April 2018

Mmm! I love burrata (I mean, come on!), and pesto, too. I've never tried to make pea pesto -- such a great idea and look forward to trying it!

jfletcher

Wednesday 11th of April 2018

Right? I mean burrata is life.

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