Pesto pasta with Cashew

Name: How to cook Pesto pasta with Cashew - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2-3 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Jibita Khanna

Pesto pasta with Cashew

#italian Generally pesto pasta is made with spaghetti pasta but I make with Penne or Fusilli as its readily available and when I don't have the pine nuts ( the costliest nut in the world ) I use cashew nuts and customize it as per my taste buds. Thank God Fresh Italian Basil is readily available nowadays.

Ingredient

Food ration :

2-3 servings

Cooking time :

1-1:30 hours

160 gms

Pasta

chicken breast (skip it if vegetarian)

7-8

Garlic cloves chopped

as needed

Few Basil leaves chopped

as required

Few Cherry tomatoes or one big tomato cut into chunky pieces

As needed

Little Butter and olive oil

2 cups

Fresh Italian basil

Handful

cashew (if you have pine nuts use that)

as per taste

Salt

2/3 cups

Olive oil

10-15

Garlic cloves

1 tsp

Crushed Black pepper

1-2 tbsps

Parmesan cheese or any cheese readily available

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Prepare all the ingredients and boil the pasta as per instruction, keep it al dente, reserve the boiled pasta water for cooking purpose.Cut the chicken breast into strips. Make a paste with the ingredients listed for Pesto. With 2 tbsps of pesto marinate the chicken for half an hour at least.

* Step 2

Heat little butter and oil together in a pan, to give an extra flavour..saute the Chopped garlic and little Chopped basil, saute the tomatoes also along with garlic and basil and take it out & add it while doing platting. After taking out the tomatoes add the marinated chicken breast strips and cooked for sometimes- add the pasta water when required.

* Step 3

* Step 4

Once the chicken gets cooked add the pesto and then add the Boiled pasta n adjust salt...don't cook too much now. Put the flame off n plate it & garnish with sauteed tomato, fresh basil n more cheese. Bon Appetite!!!