Beef & Pesto Spaghetti With Cherry Tomatoes

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Here’s another variation for a Pesto pasta dish which frankly I could eat all day but we all know that’s not a good idea. I mean, leftovers are fine, of course. 😉 Just to keep you abreast of Pesto pasta recipes on this blog, there’s the Shrimp And Pesto Spaghetti, Pesto Chicken Spaghetti, Shrimp & Penne in Pesto Sauce, and Shrimp & Fettuccine In Pesto Sauce.

Now he’s a new recipe that’s equally delicious and would definitely going to be added in Pesto rotation in my household, Beef & Pesto Spaghetti With Cherry Tomatoes.

Beef & Pesto Spaghetti With Cherry Tomatoes

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients

1/2 pound ground beef
4 tbsp pesto sauce
10-12 cherry tomatoes (cut in halves)
4 cloves garlic (peeled, chopped)
salt and pepper to taste
spaghetti noodles
water for boiling pasta (save 1 cup of pasta water)
ground Parmesan cheese

Method

Boil water for the spaghetti noodles. Save 1 cup of the pasta water.
While the water is boiling, brown the ground beef. Discard most of the grease.
Add the cherry tomates and garlic. Stir it a few times then cover the pan to let it cook.
Season with salt & pepper. Saute until cherry tomatoes are slightly soft.
Stir in the pesto sauce. Add more if you like it greener and intense pesto flavor.
Add the saved pasta water.
Stir eveyrthing together. Cover the pan and let it simmer in low heat until the spaghetti noodles are ready.
Add the spaghetti noodles.
Gently stir everything together.