A dollop of pesto as is will also be an unexpected but welcome garnish to soups, such as a wild rice chowder or tomato bisque. Whether on its own or mixed with other ingredients such as cream cheese or bread crumbs, pesto makes an excellent ingredient for stuffing into sandwiches and baked breaded chicken. Combining with sour cream or mayonnaise helps insulate the delicate ingredients from the heat and adds wonderful texture.
It is an excellent addition to a grilled cheese sandwich and takes boneless chicken to a whole new level when stuffed inside before breading and baking cut a slit in the chicken creating a pocket and fill with pesto before breading.
It is also delicious used in place of the egg when oven-frying chicken , creating a moist and flavorful layer to an often ho-hum dish. Often considered "pizza for adults," a pizza topped with pesto instead of red sauce is a nice change from the traditional pie.
It opens the door to so many different types of toppings such as grilled chicken or shrimp, or a vegetarian pizza with artichoke hearts and kalamata olives. Wonderful as a dinner with a side salad, pesto pizza is also ideal cut up and served as an hors d'oeuvre. If you are someone who enjoys a sauce on the side with your eggs whether it be ketchup, hot sauce, or even jelly , cooked eggs with a little bit of pesto is a whole new ballgame. Whether scrambled, poached, or fried, a spoonful of pesto alongside some eggs is a delicious way to start the day—especially if there are some home fries on the plate.
Or treat yourself to a different kind of steak and eggs with chimichurri and top the dish with pesto. Pasta is a natural partner for pesto. As you toss hot cooked pasta with the pesto, the heat brings out the fabulous flavors of the basil, garlic, and cheese. But that doesn't mean you should only serve pesto tossed with plain noodles although that is certainly delicious ; there are so many other ways to incorporate pesto into your pasta dishes.
Pesto salmon pasta features a creamy pesto sauce by combining the herb mixture with cream and sour cream, complementing the grilled salmon beautifully. Instead of a traditional lasagna, vegetarian lasagna rolls are filled with pesto, sweet potato, and cheese, making a hearty and flavorful main dish for vegetarians as well as meat-eaters.
And if you've never thought of combining avocado with pesto, you've been missing out. Avocado and pesto pasta is a healthy and colorful dish that you'll be craving from here on out. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile.
Measure ad performance. Alternately, you can put it into a freezer bag, spread it thinly about a quarter of an inch , squeeze out all the air, and freeze flat. This way, you can break off and thaw the amount you need. Click on the photos below to get the full recipe of each dish. Add a burst of flavor to your soup by stirring in a scoop of pesto after the soup has been taken off the heat and before serving. Summer soups tend to be broth-based and full of seasonal vegetables, which makes them a natural pairing with basil.
The other ingredients in pesto, such as garlic and lemon, often go in soups anyway, and the pine nuts or other ground nuts add a touch of body to the soup. Plus, a swirl of pesto is just plain pretty! Sure, you can add a few leaves of basil to your sandwich, but pesto adds additional flavors that really take a sandwich to the next level.
Spread pesto on toasted hamburger buns, baguette, or regular sliced bread alongside mozzarella and tomato, thinly sliced steak with goat cheese, or shredded chicken breast and spinach. The same applies to pizza.
Instead of the traditional tomato sauce, spread a thin layer of pesto onto your preferred pizza bread base — pizza dough, pita bread, naan, focaccia, lavash, bagels, etc. Then simply layer on your veggies and cheese as you normally do for pizza. You can even take pizza sauce to a whole new level when you mix pesto into marinara or Alfredo sauce to create a new pizza sauce!
By mixing a scoop into mayonnaise, you can have a super easy pesto aioli! Or try stirring pesto into hummus, yogurt, sour cream, ranch dressing, vinaigrette, queso, guacamole, or any other favorite condiments, and use that as a dip for your celery, carrots, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, sugar snap peas, and more.
The fresh herbs from pesto add delicious flavor to that raw-veggie crunch, making it a delectable snack for both kids and adults alike. Why stop at raw veggies? Topping pesto on roasted veggies adds so much flavor and takes them from good to amazing. To roast veggies such as potatoes, carrots, and brussels sprouts, preheat your oven to degrees F.
Spread the veggies on a sheet pan and cover tightly with foil. Cook for 12 minutes, then uncover and toss with a little oil, salt, and pepper. Continue to roast for another 15 to 25 minutes, depending on the type of vegetable and the size of the pieces. Lastly, top with pesto while the veggies are still hot, so all the pesto goodness can seep in.
While mashed potatoes with gravy is a classic, nothing beats the ease and fresh flavor of pesto. The fresh herbs, salty cheese, and slight tanginess instantaneously adds flavor to mashes without having to rely heavily on butter, salt, and milk. You can also turn leftover pesto mash into flavorful fritters or croquettes! If you do make your own , it should keep for around four days.
It can also be frozen, but for optimum results leave out the Parmesan cheese, which can be easily added once thawed. Branded shop-bought pesto comes in several versions, such as red , aubergine, and artichoke, or try making your own alternative pesto flavours , for example with peas or broad beans. Our garden herb and kale pesto recipes are freezable, too. Beyond the classic Genovese blueprint, various herbs and spices can be used to make a green sauce — why not give our Thai pesto a try?
While we naturally reach for a bag of pasta when it comes to cooking with pesto, it also works dotted onto a pizza base. Cook it on a griddle or over the barbecue for a delicious charred effect. Creamy pesto with prosciutto dippers Crushed broad bean pesto.
Stir a few tablespoons though a classic mashed potato and serve with sausages and cherry tomatoes for a hearty midweek supper. Or, go off-piste with a chunky bean mash — cannellini beans are healthy, thrifty and plentiful, but butter beans or borlotti beans are good substitutes. Use your initiative when adding pesto to meat, fish or vegetables. In some cases, pesto will overpower delicate flavours, while in others it will sing from a blank canvas.
Chicken is a natural partner, along with root vegetables, squash, pumpkin and mushrooms. Pesto and eggs are a winning combination, but use the former sparingly as it can really dominate a dish. Alternatively, you can add it to the mix from the start.
If you really want to take your tastebuds to the other side of Puglia, try this frittata by Gary Rhodes, which also contains pasta. Give your blends a finishing flavour boost with a swirl of pesto.
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