BBC Homepage
Skip to content
Accessibility Help
Your account
Home
News
Sport
Earth
Reel
Worklife
Travel
Culture
Future
Music
TV
Weather
Sounds
More menu
More menu
Search BBC
Home
News
Sport
Earth
Reel
Worklife
Travel
Culture
Future
Music
TV
Weather
Sounds
Close menu
BBC Food
All Food
Home
Recipes
Budget Recipes
Chefs
Stories
Diets
Programmes
Techniques
My Food
More
Recipes by category
In Season
Occasions
Cuisines
Ingredients
Dishes
Collections
Collections
Easy chicken
Easy soups
Easy lunches
Quick dinners
Slow cooker
Air fryer
15-minute healthy
Everyday vegetarian
High protein
Low-carb
Popular recipes
Pancakes
American pancakes
Banana bread
Apple crumble
Cheesecake
Victoria sponge
Chocolate brownies
Chocolate cake
Flapjacks
Yorkshire pudding
Butternut squash soup
Cauliflower cheese
Cottage pie
Chilli con carne
Toad in the hole
Lasagne
Spaghetti bolognese
Spaghetti carbonara
Search
Chicken pesto pasta
Fruit and vegetables
1
onion
, peeled and cut in half (optional)
1
carrot
(optional)
1
garlic
clove
45
basil
leaves
Tins, packets and jars
450g/1lb dried
pasta
Cooking ingredients
6–8 tbsp
olive oil
, plus extra for drizzling
1 tbsp
pine nuts
salt
, to season
Dairy, eggs and chilled
20g/¾oz
pecorino
, grated
20g/¾oz
Parmesan
, grated
Meat, fish and poultry
2
chicken breasts
, approx. 120g/4½oz each
Back to recipe
You might also like:
news
|
sport
|
weather
|
worklife
|
travel
|
future
|
culture
|
world
|
business
|
technology