Everyone likes delicious dishes. However, many housewives prefer that they also cook quickly enough. One of the most versatile ingredients is pasta. You can make them with stew, meat, various vegetables and season with delicious sauces. All this leads to the emergence of a new interesting recipe. Pasta with pesto sauce is a hearty, but at the same time truly gourmet dish. Every housewife can cook it. In addition, this combination allows you to use different additions to pasta - from meat to vegetables.
Green dish - list of ingredients
Such pasta with pesto look bright, in the spring. As part of a lot of green ingredients, in addition, they are quite useful. Such pasta can be consumed even when losing weight, especially if you choose products from whole grains. By the way, for this recipe penne pasta, that is, straight, medium length, is perfect. To prepare this recipe for pasta with pesto you need to take:
- A glass of frozen green peas.
- 300 g pasta.
- Two cloves of garlic.
- Two cans of white beans - 400 grams each.
- 300 g spinach.
- A tablespoon of olive oil.
- Mint leaves - for a spectacular serving.
This list is suitable for cooking pasta itself. To prepare the sauce directly, you need to take:
- 140 g of green peas, previously thawed.
- A couple of feathers of green onions.
- A glass of mint leaves.
- Half a glass of water.
- 50 g of pine nuts.
- 20 grams of parmesan or any hard cheese.
- Salt and pepper.
It is best to immediately cook pasta, and at this time prepare pesto sauce.
Cooking green sauce and pasta: description
Pasta with pesto is a really tasty and unusual dish. However, preparing the sauce is easy enough. Chives are chopped, all the ingredients for the sauce, including water, are sent to a blender and ground to a puree state. Let it brew.
Thirty minutes before the pasta is ready, add green peas. Then part of the water is drained, leaving approximately 300-400 ml.
Olive oil is poured into the pan. The garlic is peeled and finely chopped, sent to fry. Chop the spinach, drain the beans and wash them, drain the excess liquid. Beans are sent to the roasted garlic, cooked for about five minutes, stirring. Then put and spinach. Cook a couple more minutes.
Add pasta and peas to vegetables in a saucepan, pour in a liquid, mix everything carefully. Season with pesto sauce. When serving, decorate a plate of mint.
Chicken pesto pasta: an original recipe
The advantage of this recipe is that smoked chicken is used, as well as an interesting creamy option for making pesto sauce. First you need to take the following products:
- 150 grams of pasta.
- 200 grams of chicken without skin (any part).
- Five tablespoons of cream.
- Six sun-dried tomatoes.
- Two tablespoons of pine nuts.
- As much lime juice.
- Three tablespoons of grated cheese.
- A bunch of basil.
- A bunch of any greenery.
- A pair of garlic cloves.
- A tablespoon of starch.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
To begin with, it is worth preparing the sauce.
Cooking Smoked Chicken Pasta
To prepare the sauce in a blender combine basil, garlic, cheese, nuts, salt and pepper, lime juice. Turn everything into a paste. Cream is heated over low heat, it is necessary that they thicken. To do this, add starch. You can also mix the cream with a little olive oil, and then pour in lots of pesto sauce. Mix again in a blender. It is better to let the sauce brew for about an hour before serving.
Boil the pasta. Short pasta varieties are great for pasta and pesto. Chicken is divided into fibers. The most delicious pulp from the thigh of a bird. But chicken breast is also good. Tomatoes are sent to cold water for several minutes, and then cut into strips. Greens chopped. Pasta is served by pouring them with sauce, garnished with tomatoes, chicken and fresh herbs.
Pasta with pesto and fresh tomatoes
For this recipe, you can use both ready-made pesto sauce and make it yourself using the tips from the recipes above. To make pasta with pesto you need to take:
- A couple of spoons of olive oil.
- Ready sauce - about 100 ml or to taste.
- 200 grams of pasta.
- A couple of ripe tomatoes.
- Salt and pepper.
- A teaspoon of Italian herbs seasoning.
To begin with, wash the tomatoes, cut into slices, sprinkle with salt, pepper and spices. Put in a baking dish, pour olive oil. They need to be covered by it. If necessary, you can increase the amount of oil. Sent in the oven for twenty minutes.
Boil the pasta until cooked, season with pesto sauce. Pour hot tomato oil and mix thoroughly. They are laid out on plates. Before serving, put baked tomatoes on top.
Pasta with pesto is a tasty alternative to the usual options of dishes. They cook fast. Moreover, you can not only buy ready-made sauce, but also make it yourself by adjusting the ingredients to your liking. You can also combine this dish with chicken, tomatoes, fresh and canned vegetables.