Our favorite pesto recipes - 24 recipes
Make homemade pesto! We have several variations of Pesto, a delicious sauces you can put on anything!
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VIDEO: Duck Breast Pastry Pockets
Who will you make these elegant duck pastry pockets for?
Ingredients
- 1 whole duck breast
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 3-4 slices ham
- 3-4 tbsp raspberry jam
- 3- 4 slices Muenster cheese
Method
- Fry the duck breast in a pan until medium rare (or your preference) and browned on the outside.
- Roll out a sheet of puff pastry, and layer the ham slices in the middle.
- Spread the raspberry jam over the ham slices, and follow with the Muenster cheese, and the duck breast.
- Moisten the sides of the pastry with water, then fold to enclose the duck.
- Brush the pastry with the egg yolk, then score lightly with a knife.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 464°F (until the cheese is melted and the pastry is golden brown)
- Serve, and enjoy!
Top rated Pesto recipes
Classic Basil Pesto
By marie.kelker
Toast pine nuts until golden brown
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 pound grated parmigiano reggiano cheese
- 3 ounces pine nuts (a handful)
- 2 cloves garlic, popped from skin
- 1 bunch basil, about 40 to 50 leaves
How to Make Authentic Gnocchi Like An Italian Grandma
Gnocchi might seem like a complicated dish that you'll only ever have at a fancy Italian restaurant, but that's not true. Learn how to make an authentic Italian gnocchi from scratch with this tasty recipe.
Terrine of chicken with pesto
By Nanoud , blog On dine chez Nanou
Cut chicken breasts into thin slices, salt and pepper
- 1 1/3 lb chicken breast
- 1 large bunch of basil
- 2/3 gr of grated parmesan
- scant 1/2 cup of pine nuts
- 8 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tablespoon wine vinegar
- 1 jar of sun dried tomatoes
- 2 balls of mozzarella di bufala
- 16 slices of ham
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Pesto Pasta
By EmStr89
Creamy and Delicious and super easy!
- 1 container cream cheese
- 3 tbs pesto
- 1 bag penne or pasta of choice
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1/2 cup mushrooms, sliced and fried
- 1 tbs dried basil
Garlic scape pesto and fresh mozzarella grilled cheese
By brandi
put Garlic scape pesto and fresh mozzarella on bread and bake
- Garlic scape pesto, fresh mozzarella, bread
Caprese Grilled Cheese Sandwich
By amylk103, Amy's Awesome Nest
Assemble sandwich and grill until golden brown and the cheese has melted, about 2 to 3 minutes per side
- 4 slices of bread
- 1 large ripe tomato at room temperature, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 1 ball fresh mozzarella cheese at room temperature, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 4 Tbsp basil pesto sauce
- Black pepper to taste
- 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
pesto cubes from the garden
By Lydia
Pesto cubes from the garden
- scant 1 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 cup grated Comté cheese
- 1/3 cup toasted pine nuts
- 2 cloves of garlic
- pepper
- Fresh herbs: mint, basil, cilantro, parsley, chives, dill ...
Gluten Free Pasta and Pesto
By Gourmandize Gluten- Free Guru, Healthy Eating And Living
Spiralize the zucchini and reserve
- 1 large zucchini, spiralized
- 2 cloves garlic
- 4 cups baby spinach
- 1 cup fresh cilantro
- 6 sun-dried tomatoes in oil
- cup hemp hearts
- ¼ cup cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes (more if you like it spicy!)
- juice of ½ lemon
- Sea salt to taste
Pesto
By duncanmom
Put all ingredients in blender with 1/2c olive oil and blend
- 2 good bunches of basil
- 1/2c pine nuts
- 1/2c parmesan cheese
- 2T lemon juice
- 2 garlic cloves
- salt to taste
- about 20 grinds of black pepper
- 3/4c olive oil
Shrimp Pesto
By sunflowerkudi
Take a pot and adding salt and water, allow it to come to a boil
- Shrimp ( either already cooked or raw). Thawed out if frozen
- Pesto (basil)
- Butter
- Parsley
- Italian seasonings
- Garlic cloves (depends on how much you make and how much you like garlic) crushed
- Chilli flakes (opt)
- Pasta (thicker ones are better)
- Parmesan
Pesto
Recipewe ♡
By mistif08
Put basil and garlic in blender or food processor
- 2 C. fresh basil leaves, washed, firmly packed
- 2-4 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
- 1/2 C. olive oil
- 3 Tbs. pine nuts
- 1 C. fresh grated pramesan cheese
pesto recipe collections
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Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Gnocchi
- 1 lb pkg Gnocchi
- 1 zucchini
- 1 summer squash
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 2 Tbsp freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese
- 1/4 cup Sun Dried Tomato Pesto
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Breadsticks with Parsley Pesto...
- For the dough sticks:
- 4 cups of white flour
- scant 1/2 cup olive paste,
- 2 tsp yeast,
- generous 3/4 cup of water.
- For the pesto of parsley
- 10 sprigs of parsley,
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese,
- 1/3 cup pine nuts lightly browned,
- 1 clove of garlic,
- 8 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pinch of salt.
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Prom Pasta
- 14 ounce Bow Tie Pasta
- - ¾ Cup Pesto
- - 1 Can Cream of Celery
- - 1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic
- - ½ Cup Dry white wine
- - ½ Cup White Onion, Diced
- - ½ Cup Parmesan Cheese, Shredded
- - 1/3 Cup Water
- - 1 Tablespoon Olive oil
- - ½ Teaspoon Salt
- - ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper
- - ½ Teaspoon Basil
- - ½ Teaspoon Oregano
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Recipewe ♡ Pesto Bacon & Tomato Dip
- 1/3 cup sun dried tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons basil pesto
- 4 slices bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
- 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup grated aged Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onion, green parts only
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon parsley flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
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chicken tortellini and pesto
- 4 pieces of boneless skinless chicken breast, 1 pkg tri color tortellini, 1-2 packets of powdered pesto sauce or 1 jar prepared.
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Easy Baked Pesto Chicken
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup pesto
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Homemade pesto (basil)
- 2 cups of basil leaves ( packed to the brim)
- 1/2 cup of pine nuts
- 3 cloves of garlic ( sometimes more, depends on much you like)
- 3/4-1 cup of olive oil ( extra virgin)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3/4 cups of Romano cheese
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Pesto pasta
- One box fettucine, a couple cloves/ garlic, 2 cups/ fresh basil, 1/2 cup xtra virgin olive oil, 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, salt and pepper to taste.
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Roasted Apricot, Creamy Mozzarella...
- Ingredients for 4 glasses format "classic verrine glass"
- 8 apricots
- 2 tbsp of honey
- 8 oz mozzarella cheese (drained net weight)
- scant 1/2 cup full cream liquid
- Thirty basil leaves
- Fifteen whole almonds
- 3 tbsp of almond syrup
- 1 ½ tbsp olive oil
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Sun-dried Tomato Basil Pesto
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/2 C packed fresh basil
- 1 oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes
- 1/4 C olive oil
- 6-8 tbsp water
- 4 tbsp walnuts, toasted
- salt & pepper
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- red pepper flakes
- chopped walnuts, toasted
- fresh basil
- sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
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YUM!Food Porn Sun Dried Tomato Pesto
- 20 fresh basil leaves
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 Tbsp freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 Tbsp sun dried tomatoes packed in oil
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
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homemade italian pesto
- 2 cups fresh basil leaves, packed
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan-Reggiano or Romano cheese
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup pine nuts
- 3 medium sized fresh garlic cloves, minced
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