Chicken Pesto Alfredo With Fettucine

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Ingredients

Alfredo Ingredients:

1 pound Fettucine

12 tablespoons of butter

2 cups of heavy cream

1 cup freshly grated parmigiano

4 tablespoons of pesto sauce

Salt& Pepper to taste

Pesto Ingredients:

1 cup of fresh basil leaves

3 cloves of garlic

1/4 cup of pinenuts

1/4 cup of finely grated Pecorino

1/4 cup of finely grated Parmigiano Reggiano

Olive Oil

Salt to taste

The olive oil, like most Italian food recipes, is measured by eye

Preparation

Rinse the fresh basil leaves in water. Then place all the basil leaves into the food processor by themselves.

Blend to a smooth consistency. I suggest blending for a 30 seconds and then stopping to scrap the sides with a spatula and then blending again until it's paste like.

Then add the pine nuts and the garlic and blend repeating the same stopping and scrapping technique. Scrap the pesto out of the processor into a bowl and add the Parmigiano Reggiano and pecorino cheeses.

Mix the cheeses with the fresh basil mixture until it has a creamy texture. Then in that same bowl drizzle the Olive Oil to the consistency you like and set aside till you're ready to add to the Alfredo. (You'll only use a tablespoon of this amount so wrap the rest and leave in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.)

Now for the Alfredo Sauce:

This is a good time to add some fettucine to a pot of boiling water.

Melt the butter in a sauce pan but don't let it boil or it will separate. If it does, toss it out and start fresh. This sauce must be creamy.

Once the butter and cream are heated and begin to thicken naturally, As you begin to cook your fettucine whisk the butter and cream to make thicken. Now plop in a couple of table spoons of Pesto and stir.

Slowly add the cream and let is simmer for about 1 minute. It will thicken slightly as it heats but the sauce really get thick once you add the Parmigiano Reggiano.

As you cook your fettucine plop in a couple tablespoons of Pesto and stir.

Remove from heat, add the Parmigiano Reggiano and the chicken and stir. Then add the fettucine and stir once more.

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This was a combination of two of my favorite fettucine sauces. A great gourmet meal that the whole family will love. An affordable Chicken and pasta recipe.