Pasta "Pesto": a recipe for Italian cuisine. Several variations of the dish

And you know how the Pesto pasta is prepared. The recipe for this dish is known to you? If not, we recommend that you read the article. It contains detailed instructions for preparing a pasta with the world famous Pesto sauce. We wish you success in the kitchen!

Pasta "Pesto": the recipe is classic

Necessary ingredients:

• Garlic - 4 cloves.
• 0.4 kg of pasta (you can take fettuccine or spaghetti).
• Basil - a pair of beams.
• A 100-gram piece of Parmesan cheese.
• White (dry) wine - enough for 1 glass.
• 2-3 tbsp. L. Olive oil and 3-4 st. L. Creamy.
• Parsley (optional).
• Spices (pepper, salt).

Practical part

Having bought all the necessary components, you should do the following manipulations:

1. Garlic is cleaned and crushed. Cheese can be cut into cubes.
2. Now we need a blender. We send garlic and cheese to it for further grinding. There we also put bunches of basil and parsley sprigs. We grind again. It turns out that the same sauce "Pesto".
3. In a separate plate we rub on a grater a peel, removed from a lemon. In the same dish we squeeze out the juice from citrus.
4. A pot of salted water is placed on the stove. As soon as the process of boiling begins, throw the paste. Its cooking time is 10 minutes.
5. In a frying pan, melt a piece of butter. Then spread the lemon zest, pour in the juice and wine. Stew for 3-5 minutes.
6. We put the pasta into a frying pan. Part of the water in which it was cooked, we leave. To the pasta and lemon zest, add the cooked sauce "Pesto". We pour in a little water, in which we cook the paste. Mix the ingredients. Solim. Sprinkle with pepper.

It remains only to sprinkle the dish with grated cheese and serve to the table. Let's wish each other a pleasant appetite!

Pasta with Pesto sauce: recipe with chicken

Grocery set:

• Cherry tomatoes - 18 pcs.
• For 1 tbsp. L. Creamy and refined oil.
• 175 g of Pesto sauce.
• Chicken fillet - enough 0,2 kg.
• A 500 gram packet of fettuccine paste.
• Spices (pepper, salt).

detailed instructions

Cooking consists of several stages:

1. A pot of water is put on the fire. Waiting for the moment of boiling. We throw the paste. We prepare it for the "al dente" state. For fettuccini it is enough for 12 minutes. Leave a glass of liquid, the rest merge. The pasta should be in the pan for now.
2. We wash the chicken fillet, crush it in cubes. We remove the meat to the side.
3. Wash the tomatoes in half.
4. In a frying pan, dissolve a piece of butter. Then we lay the chicken. Solim. Sprinkle with pepper. Fry until a golden hue appears, setting the fire to an average value. Do not forget to turn pieces from one side to the other. We remove the frying pan from the stove. We put the chicken in a container, tightly closing the lid.
5. From the frying pan, where meat was roasted, we pour out almost all the oil. Leave only 1 tbsp. L. We turn on the fire again. In the frying pan, place the tomato halves. Fry over medium heat, not forgetting to stir frequently.
6. We return to the pan with the pasta. Add to it fried chicken pieces and tomatoes. Stirring. We pour into the sauce "Pesto". Mix again.
7. Pour into the pan the water left after cooking the pasta. We stir until the fettuccine ceases to be dry.

We serve the dish, decorating it with grated cheese and sprigs of basil. Nearby you can put a plate of fresh tomatoes.

The recipe for pasta with Pesto and tuna

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp. L. Walnuts (without shell).
• A can of canned tuna.
• 70 g of Parmesan cheese.
• Basil - a pair of beams.
• Paste - 400 g.
• 120 ml of olive oil.
• Garlic - 3-4 cloves.

Cooking process

It includes several important steps:

1. Basil is washed with tap water. We let the cheese through the grater. With garlic, we remove the husks, and the pulp is squeezed out with the help of a press.
2. Paste in the right amount boil in salted water.
3. Grated cheese, walnut, bunches of basil and shredded garlic are sent to a blender. We grind these ingredients, adding salt and oil to them. We got a sauce of pleasant green eyes.
4. We divide the boiled paste into plates. Pour each portion with sauce. We put tuna pieces on top. Stirring.

Now we can say that we have got pasta "Pesto". The recipe with the photo clearly demonstrates how the prepared dish should look. It turns out appetizing and incredibly tasty.

Variant with shrimps

Grocery list:

• 0.4 kg of linguine paste.
• Cheese "Parmesan" in grated form - ½ cup.
• Garlic - 6 denticles.
• A 50-gram piece of butter.
• Parsley in crushed form - 2 tbsp. L.
• Favorite spices.
• 250 grams of shrimp.

For sauce:

• For ½ cup of walnuts, cream and grated "Parmesan".
• Garlic - enough 4 denticles.
• For half a cup of basil, olive oil and arugula.

Instruction for the hostesses

We begin to prepare a dish:

1. We put everything on the table, from which the pasta "Pesto" will be prepared. The recipe assumes the use of shrimp. They should be boiled-frozen.
2. We boil the pasta to the "al dente" state. This process will take 8-10 minutes. We merge the water. Pasta while we put aside.
3. In the heated frying pan spread the peeled shrimp. Fry them using butter. Solim. Shrimp frying time -2-3 minutes (on both sides). We transfer them to the plate. And in the frying pan fall asleep grated cheese and garlic. Fry for 2-3 minutes. Now return the shrimp to the pan. Fry them for a couple of minutes. Turn off the fire. While the shrimp can be put aside.
4. In the blender we send grated cheese, basil, peeled nuts, rukkola. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grind to the state of "smoothies". Pour olive oil in the right amount. The resulting sauce "Pesto" is transferred to a pan. Turn the fire on the average. We pour in the cream. Cook it all 5-6 minutes.

We distribute the paste on the plates. Pour the sauce, stir. Above lay the shrimp. To decorate the dish, parsley sprigs are suitable.

Finally

Now you know what pasta "Pesto" is. The classic recipe was described in the article. We also offered other options for the dish - with prawns, tuna and chicken. Choose only you.