Recipes with basil pesto
109 recipes
Three-Green Pasta with Scallops & Pesto Sauce
Three-green pasta with scallops and pesto sauce: fettuccine tossed with seared sea scallops, asparagus, green beans, peas, pesto, and cream. A quick spring pasta for six ready in 40 minutes.
Pesto Ravioli with Chicken
Pesto ravioli with chicken tenders, zucchini, and red bell pepper cooked in one skillet with chicken broth. A 30-minute weeknight pasta dinner tossed in basil pesto.
Robin Leach's Mediterranean Eggplant Pie
Layered Mediterranean eggplant pie with spinach, tomatoes, pesto, and softened onions under a golden pastry crust. Topped with caviar for a luxurious vegetarian main course.
Pesto with Bowties or Angel Hair Pasta
Pesto pasta with marinated artichoke hearts, black olives, and sauteed bell peppers tossed with bowtie or angel hair. A 40-minute vegetarian-friendly dinner.
Seafood Pizza
Shrimp, scallops, and crab on a pesto-tomato base with smoked mozzarella, anchovies, kalamata olives, and capers. A Mediterranean seafood pizza baked on a stone in 20 minutes.
Basil Cheese Torta with Red Bell Pepper Strips & Pine Nuts
Layered cheese torta with pesto cream cheese, provolone, sun-dried tomatoes, roasted red peppers, and toasted pine nuts. A stunning no-bake appetizer that chills overnight and keeps for weeks.
Triple Cheese Pizza
A pesto-slathered pizza topped with fontina, mozzarella, Parmesan, sliced Roma tomatoes, and fresh basil on a Boboli crust. Three cheeses, ten minutes, zero leftovers.
Rolled Calzones
Rolled calzone stuffed with pesto, ham, capicola, provolone, roasted red peppers, and pepperoncini. Homemade herb pizza dough baked golden and sliced into pinwheels.
Canny Cannelloni
Cannelloni tubes stuffed with canned salmon, mushrooms, and fresh breadcrumbs, covered in a pesto cheese sauce and cooked entirely in the microwave. A clever British weeknight supper ready in an hour.
Shrimp-Pesto Salad
Chilled pasta shells layered with basil pesto, spinach, Roma tomatoes, black olives, and shrimp. This make-ahead Italian pasta salad is a crowd-pleasing potluck star that only gets better as it sits.
Tuscan White Bean Salad
Tuscan white bean tuna salad: cannellini beans, marinated artichokes, tuna, sun-dried tomatoes, Kalamata olives, and pesto in 10 minutes. A pantry-driven Mediterranean main with no cooking.
Pork Roast with Pesto Stuffing
Pork loin roast with pesto and sun-dried tomato stuffing: bone-in pork roast with pockets cut above each rib and packed with basil pesto, croutons, and sun-dried tomatoes. A four-ingredient showstopper.
Sausages Mediterranean Style
Sausages Mediterranean style, a fast one-pan skillet of browned sausage with kidney beans, tomatoes, pesto, sun-dried tomatoes, and olives. A hearty, sun-drenched supper over pasta or with crusty bread.
Vinaigrette Pasta Salad with Chicken
Angel hair pasta tossed in a lemon-pesto vinaigrette with broiled chicken, blanched zucchini, and toasted pine nuts. Serve warm or chilled for an easy summer meal.
Vegetable Stew with Pesto
Provencal-style vegetable stew with roasted peppers, salted eggplant, zucchini, and potatoes simmered in a pesto-spiked tomato broth. Topped with Parmesan, basil, and parsley.
Italian Stuffed Pork
Italian stuffed pork chops with basil pesto, crushed croutons, and sun-dried tomatoes. A simple 4-ingredient filling that turns ordinary chops into a flavorful baked dinner.
Three-green pasta with scallops and pesto sauce: fettuccine tossed with seared sea scallops, asparagus, green beans, peas, pesto, and cream. A quick spring pasta for six ready in 40 minutes.
Pesto ravioli with chicken tenders, zucchini, and red bell pepper cooked in one skillet with chicken broth. A 30-minute weeknight pasta dinner tossed in basil pesto.
Layered Mediterranean eggplant pie with spinach, tomatoes, pesto, and softened onions under a golden pastry crust. Topped with caviar for a luxurious vegetarian main course.
Pesto pasta with marinated artichoke hearts, black olives, and sauteed bell peppers tossed with bowtie or angel hair. A 40-minute vegetarian-friendly dinner.
Shrimp, scallops, and crab on a pesto-tomato base with smoked mozzarella, anchovies, kalamata olives, and capers. A Mediterranean seafood pizza baked on a stone in 20 minutes.
Layered cheese torta with pesto cream cheese, provolone, sun-dried tomatoes, roasted red peppers, and toasted pine nuts. A stunning no-bake appetizer that chills overnight and keeps for weeks.
A pesto-slathered pizza topped with fontina, mozzarella, Parmesan, sliced Roma tomatoes, and fresh basil on a Boboli crust. Three cheeses, ten minutes, zero leftovers.
Rolled calzone stuffed with pesto, ham, capicola, provolone, roasted red peppers, and pepperoncini. Homemade herb pizza dough baked golden and sliced into pinwheels.
Cannelloni tubes stuffed with canned salmon, mushrooms, and fresh breadcrumbs, covered in a pesto cheese sauce and cooked entirely in the microwave. A clever British weeknight supper ready in an hour.
Chilled pasta shells layered with basil pesto, spinach, Roma tomatoes, black olives, and shrimp. This make-ahead Italian pasta salad is a crowd-pleasing potluck star that only gets better as it sits.
Tuscan white bean tuna salad: cannellini beans, marinated artichokes, tuna, sun-dried tomatoes, Kalamata olives, and pesto in 10 minutes. A pantry-driven Mediterranean main with no cooking.
Pork loin roast with pesto and sun-dried tomato stuffing: bone-in pork roast with pockets cut above each rib and packed with basil pesto, croutons, and sun-dried tomatoes. A four-ingredient showstopper.
Sausages Mediterranean style, a fast one-pan skillet of browned sausage with kidney beans, tomatoes, pesto, sun-dried tomatoes, and olives. A hearty, sun-drenched supper over pasta or with crusty bread.
Angel hair pasta tossed in a lemon-pesto vinaigrette with broiled chicken, blanched zucchini, and toasted pine nuts. Serve warm or chilled for an easy summer meal.
Provencal-style vegetable stew with roasted peppers, salted eggplant, zucchini, and potatoes simmered in a pesto-spiked tomato broth. Topped with Parmesan, basil, and parsley.
Italian stuffed pork chops with basil pesto, crushed croutons, and sun-dried tomatoes. A simple 4-ingredient filling that turns ordinary chops into a flavorful baked dinner.
