Pesto

pasta of your choice (about 400 grams; 3 1/2 cups dry) • chicken breast (about 400 grams) • pesto (about 100 to 150 grams), adjust to taste • Roma tomatoes or about 20 cherry tomatoes • Parmesan or Pecorino Romano cheese (about 60 grams; 1/2 cup grated) • mini mozzarella balls or 2 large mozzarella balls • Fresh basil, optional pine nuts

eggs • grated carrots (about 380 grams) • all-purpose flour (about 120 grams) • shredded cheese (about 40 grams) • baking powder • Salt, pepper • cooked beets, cut into small pieces (about 400 grams) • pine nuts (about 80 grams) • fresh basil • grated Parmesan cheese (about 50 grams) • garlic • olive oil •

eggs • fresh spinach (about 70 grams) • feta cheese (about 30 grams) • avocado • pesto

gnocchi (about 760 grams) • heavy cream (about 300 ml) • chicken breast (about 350 grams) • ball mozzarella cheese • Pesto • Salt • Pepper

cooked basmati rice (about 450 grams; see tip in link) • homemade celery pesto (about 100 grams; see recipe in link) • heaping tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese • grated Emmental cheese (about 50 grams) • drizzle of olive oil (see tip in link) • Black pepper

frozen salmon fillets • pink salt • twist freshly ground black pepper • red pesto • pine nuts • Parsley

green Italian sweet peppers (corno di toro) • celery pesto (homemade, see linked recipe)

monkfish (200 grams) • fresh spinach (200 grams) • fresh basil leaves • garlic cloves • Olive oil • lemon • Coarse salt • –4 radishes • –4 cherries • Butter • Black pepper

pork chops • heaping tablespoons Dijon mustard • heaping tablespoons homemade radish greens and tomato pesto (see linked recipe) • homemade curry-flavored breadcrumbs (see linked recipe)

puff pastry • log goat cheese (such as Chavroux) • prosciutto • Green pesto • egg yolk

monkfish tail (500 g) • pesto • flour • egg yolk • sesame seeds • butter

cornmeal shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée) • radish greens pesto • crushed tomatoes • garlic cloves • balsamic vinegar • olive oil • dried oregano • tomatoes • breadcrumbs • burrata cheese • Salt, pepper • Espelette pepper (or substitute with a pinch of cayenne pepper)

fennel bulbs (see tip in link) • Italian eggplant • light cream (about 200 ml) • onion • garlic clove • wild garlic pesto (homemade, see recipe in link) • grated Parmesan cheese (about 30 grams) • drizzle of olive oil (see tip in link) • Salt and pepper

white sandwich bread • mortadella • eggs (2 for soaking, 1 for breading) • Milk • Green pesto

round sheet of puff pastry • log of goat cheese • pesto (about 100 grams) • smoked ham

puff pastry • pesto (or homemade pesto) • prosciutto • egg yolk