Red pesto pasta with mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes, finished off with sage breadcrumbs. This pasta tastes like a mash-up of a spicy arrabbiata sauce and a vibrant sun-dried tomato sauce. This version is definitely stealing the show. The hearty red pesto tossed with mushrooms is pure heaven. The crunchy bread crumbs are like the icing on a cake, and the sage just seals the deal. It’s the ultimate weeknight meal, but certainly special enough to serve on a date night.
Both mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes deliver an enormous dose of umami-packed flavor. Sun-dried tomatoes elevate this dish into a killer pasta recipe with basically no additional effort at all.
We start by sautéing the pine nuts in the oil from the sun-dried tomatoes together with garlic. Lots of garlic! Most pasta recipes call for one or two cloves of garlic, which never seems enough. Then we add some tomato paste and parmesan, and blend everything into a chunky paste.
Once the pesto is ready, we sauté the mushrooms and add the sun-dried tomatoes, stir in cooked pasta with some cooking water to help the pasta absorb the flavors of the sauce, top with sage bread crumbs and you’re ready to go.
And that red pesto? I’m telling you, it’s magic. It will guaranteed kick your pasta night up a delicious notch.
Let me guide you through the recipe sure step-by-step VIDEO.
RECIPE NOTES
- in this recipe, I used wild mushrooms, but feel free to use common (brown) mushrooms or shiitakes
- also, you can use any kind of your favorite short shaped pasta noodles
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Calories Per Serving: 538 kcalRed Pesto Pasta with Mushrooms and Sun-dried Tomatoes
Ingredients
red pesto
sage breadcrumbs
Instructions
Notes
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
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Made 2 of your pasta dishes tonight. This one plus the miso brown butter. Both were delicious and easy to put together. Will definitely be making them again.
Thank you very much! I am glad the recipes turned out so great for you. Happy cooking!