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Bow Pasta with Sun-dried Tomato Pesto Sauce

Tarla Dalal
06 December, 2024


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Bow Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Sauce is a simple and elegant dish that suits homely meals as well as parties. To make this quick and easy dish, perfectly cooked farfalle is simmered with a sauce of sun-dried tomato pesto, fresh cream and milk, and served garnished with aromatic celery. Prepare the sauce and cook the bow pasta ahead of time, but mix and simmer them just before serving to ensure the ideal consistency.
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Preparation Time
15 Mins
Cooking Time
8 Mins
Total Time
23 Mins
Makes
3 servings
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
3 cups cooked farfalle
For The Sun-dried Tomato Pesto Sauce
1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes
1/4 cup pinenuts (chilgoza) or walnuts (akhrot)
1 tsp chopped garlic (lehsun)
1 tsp chilli powder
4 tbsp olive oil
3/4 cup fresh cream
1/2 cup milk
salt to taste
For The Garnish
1 tbsp finely chopped celery (ajmoda) (ajmoda)
For Serving
Method
For the sun-dried tomato pesto sauce
- Soak the sun-dried tomatoes in ½ cup of warm water in a bowl for 15 minutes. Drain and keep aside.
- Lightly roast the pinenuts in a broad non-stick pan for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring continuously.
- Combine the sun-dried tomatoes, pinenuts or walnuts, garlic, chilli powder and olive oil and blend in a mixer to a smooth paste.
- Transfer the paste into the same broad non-stick pan, add the fresh cream, milk and salt, mix well and cook on a slow flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Keep aside.
How to proceed
- Just before serving, re-heat the sun-dried tomato pesto sauce, add the farfalle, toss gently and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Garnish with celery and serve immediately with garlic bread.
Handy tip:
- If walnuts are used for making the sun-dried tomato pesto sauce, dry roasting can be omitted at step 2.
Bow Pasta with Sun-dried Tomato Pesto Sauce recipe with step by step photos
Nutrient values (Abbrv)per plate
Energy | 681 cal |
Protein | 13 g |
Carbohydrates | 57.7 g |
Fiber | 5.1 g |
Fat | 43.6 g |
Cholesterol | 5.3 mg |
Sodium | 3497.9 mg |
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Loves Food
March 13, 2025, midnight
Sun dried tomatoes are a good variation to the regular pesto sauce.

Simran
March 13, 2025, midnight
Bow Pasta with Sun-dried Tomato Pesto Sauce bachcho ko bahoot pasad aaya such a great pasta recipes