(Pesto
Alla Genovese)
Pesto Pasta
1 lb. Pasta
3 oz. Cream
8 oz. Pesto Sauce
Boil Pasta - drain - mix pesto and cream together -
mix into pasta for hot pasta - or can be used for cold
pasta salad.
(Opt.) Can add diced red pepper, mushrooms, broccoli,
string beans, potatoes or cauliflower into dish. Hot
or cold.
Chicken Pesto (or Turkey) Salad
1 lb. cut up or diced Chicken
6 oz. Pesto Sauce
2 oz. Mayonaise (opt.)
2 oz. Water
Use cooked chicken. Mix Pesto, water into chicken -
for cold salad - can also mix into cook pasta.
Same can be done with diced ham, pork or shrimp.
Chicken Breasts or Fish Fillets
1 lb. cooked Chicken Breast (or Fish)
4 oz. Pesto Sauce
1 oz. Water or cream
Cook chicken breast or fish. Mix pesto and water. Spoon
a stripe down center of chicken breast. (Opt.) Can garnish
with cooked vegetables. (Opt.) sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms.
Banquets
- 1/2 gal. Pesto Sauce to 4 lbs. Pasta uncooked. Cooked
8 lbs.