Easiest Way to Make Delicious Beef Pesto Farfalle

Beef Pesto Farfalle.

Beef Pesto Farfalle You can have Beef Pesto Farfalle using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Beef Pesto Farfalle

  1. You need 170 g of Bow tie paste.
  2. You need 1 can of diced tomato.
  3. Prepare 1 pound of ground beef.
  4. You need 2 tbsp of olive oil.
  5. You need 5 of garlic cloves.
  6. Prepare 5 tbsp of traditional basil pesto sauce.
  7. You need 1/4 cup of milk.
  8. It's 1 tsp of dried basil leaves.
  9. You need of Salt and pepper to taste.
  10. You need of (Optional) Grated Parmesan.

Beef Pesto Farfalle instructions

  1. Cook pasta on a medium size pot. When the pasta is fully cooked but not soft yet, take out the pasta from water and save 1/4 cup pasta water aside for later..
  2. While cooking pasta, cook the ground beef on a separate pan. Drain the grease when the beef is cooked through. (Cooking Tip: add a little white wine to the beef to add extra flavor).
  3. On a separate pan, heat up the oil and add minced garlic. Cook through the garlic..
  4. Add canned diced tomato, cooked ground beef to the pan and continue cooking for 2-3 minutes on medium/high heat..
  5. Add pesto sauce, basil leaves, cooked pasta and pasta water to the pan. Continue cooking for 2 minutes..
  6. Add milk to the pan and cook for 1 more minute..
  7. Hot delicious pasta ready to serve..
  8. (Optional) add grated Parmesan at serving..