In Italy, ready-made pasta (that is, pasta) is usually served with some sauces. One of the most popular Italian sauces is pesto sauce . The basis of the pesto sauce is olive oil, basil and grated cheese (in some versions, add some other ingredients).
The recipe for pasta with pesto sauce
We choose high-quality pasta (pasta) labeled on the label "Group A", which means that the paste is of high quality and is made from wheat of the best hard varieties. Ready-made pesto sauce can be bought in a supermarket or find a recipe on our website . If you want to serve something with pasta with pesto sauce, cook something else in advance (for example, stewed chicken with mushrooms). Pasta is also prepared separately, in the last turn, immediately before meals.
A common recipe for pasta
For 1 serving you need about 80-100 g of dry pasta. The required amount of paste is placed in a container of boiling water and cooked to the state of al dente, that is, for 5-15 minutes, after which we move the paste into a colander, do not rinse. The best cooking time for pasta is 8-10 minutes.
Now you can add pesto sauce to the pasta, you will get a completely self-sufficient dish, it is not necessary to add anything else. You can serve pasta with pesto sauce for any meal during the day. If the paste is high-quality, welded correctly and used in a normal proportion, you can not worry about the harmony of the figure.
Pasta with pesto sauce with chicken and mushrooms.
Ingredients:
- chicken meat without skin and bones - 600 g;
- onion - 1 pc .;
- mushrooms - 200 g;
- olive oil.
Preparation
Chicken meat is sliced
Serve this mixture with the finished pasta and pesto sauce. It is also good to add a green ray and serve light light table wine. Bread is not needed.
Pasta with pesto sauce is delicious and with prawns. Shrimps are sold frozen, raw or slightly cooked. When choosing, be sure to check the expiration date. The packaging is usually described in detail, as well as during what time to cook the shrimp to the full readiness.
Separately, boil the pasta and shrimp, drain the water, cool slightly and serve with pesto sauce.