Smoked Chicken & Pesto Pasta Print recipe

Twice Smoked Chicken & Pesto Pasta

The third in our series of recipe collabs with Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil and The Yorkshire Pasta Company, but this time using our succulent Twice Smoked Chicken.

Serves 4     Prep: 10mins

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Ingredients

2 x 170g Twice Smoked Chicken Breasts
320g Yorkshire Pasta – Fusilli
200g parmesan
2 big bunches (about 60g each) of fresh basil
2 cloves of garlic
100g pine nuts
1 lemon
100ml Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil

Method

  1. Break the parmesan cheese into a food processor
  2. Remove the basil stems and add to the food processor
  3. Peel and add the garlic
  4. Add the pine nuts
  5. Add finely grated lemon zest and juice
  6. Pour in the oil
  7. Blitz ingredients until quite fine
  8. Cook the pasta and drain
  9. Add the pesto and stir to coat the pasta
  10. Chop the smoked chicken breasts and add, giving a quick stir to mix together
  11. Delicious served with a green salad
  12. Enjoy!

Tip: for easy mid-week meals make a big batch of pesto and freeze in an ice cube tray.

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