Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a Easy dish, penne pesto with ham. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Penne Pesto with Ham is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Penne Pesto with Ham is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook penne pesto with ham using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Penne Pesto with Ham:

1. Make ready 200 grams cooked penne pasta, keep a cup of pasta water
2. Make ready 3 garlic cloves minced
3. Prepare 3 tbsp of pesto genovese (blended basil, olive oil, garlic, pine nuts)
4. Prepare 3 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
5. Make ready 1/2 cup ham, sliced in strips
6. Prepare 1/4 cup shredded or shaved parmesan
7. Prepare pepper
8. Take 1/4 cup chopped basil

Instructions to make Penne Pesto with Ham:

1. On medium heat, quickly fry the ham in a non stick pan with a tsp of oil, set aside.
2. Saute (dont brown pls) minced garlic in oil in medium heat and add the cooked penne pasta. Add the pesto, pasta water, pepper and toss.
3. Increase the heat a bit and add the ham. After 2 min, remove from fire and toss half of the parmesan cheese.
4. Plate up and garnish with extra parmesan and chopped basil.
5. Note: ham and cheese will provide the salt you need so dont be tempted. You can add chilli flakes if you like the bite! Have fun! :-)

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