Basil Cheese Butterfly Pasta Recipe

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Kids love pasta, especially when it is shaped like fun "butterflies." The lemon and basil pairs with Parmesan cheese to transform plain pasta into something totally different and kid-approved! —Lauren Reiff, East Earl, Pennsylvania

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Basil Cheese Butterfly Pasta Recipe
  • Prep/Total Time: 20 min.
  • Yield: 4 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 3 cups uncooked bow tie pasta
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

  • In a large saucepan, cook pasta according to package directions. Drain pasta and set aside.
  • In the same saucepan, saute garlic in oil for 1 minute. Stir in the lemon juice, basil, salt and pepper. Return pasta to the pan. Add cheese and toss to coat. Yield: 4 servings.

Originally published as Butterfly Pasta in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2012, p168

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Reviewed on Feb. 23, 2013 by crawley3

Family loved it very good, light pasta

 
 

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