Sicilian pistachio pesto is a rich and creamy condiment capable of creating delicious dishes with minimal effort. But how best to use it and how to combine it in the kitchen ? Yes, because although it is enough to spread it on croutons or combine it with pasta to bring tempting recipes to the table, by combining it in the right way you can reach the highest levels in terms of taste. Here are the recipes with ready-made pistachio pesto not to be missed.
Ready-made pistachio pesto, how to combine it
Sicilian pistachio pesto is creamy but studded with many small pieces of pistachios, which give it a crunchy touch. Its flavor is slightly sweet and delicate, and lends itself to delicious combinations both with vegetables and with pasta, meat and fish . In particular, it is delicious together with cherry tomatoes but also with prawns, with which it creates intriguing sauces for paccheri and spaghetti . It goes well with puff pastry , with which you can prepare appetizers for the aperitif, and with speck or bacon.
How to use ready-made pistachio pesto
There are no limits to its uses in the kitchen : there are many different recipes with pistachio pesto in a jar to try. Take inspiration.
Appetizers with pistachio pesto ready
Appetizers with pistachio pesto , whether appetizers or finger foods, are always a great success. Any examples? The bruschetta with pistachio pesto and mortadella is delicious, but so are the puff pastry appetizers with pistachio pesto and tuna/speck/bacon/ dried tomatoes . The savory cake with pistachio pesto and ricotta is excellent, and can also be served as a second course, as is the savory plum cake with pistachio pesto and mortadella.
First courses with ready-made pistachio pesto
These are often pasta dishes with ready-made salted pistachio cream . But not only that: rice and gnocchi can also be seasoned with the wonderful sauce. Some idea? Pasta with pistachio and tuna pesto , spaghetti with pistachio pesto and cherry tomatoes, pasta with pistachio pesto and prawns (which is a must) and pasta with pistachio pesto and bacon /speck, or the rustic meat variant and tasty. There are, again, paccheri with pistachio pesto and cream, but also risotto with pistachio pesto and speck and the one with prawns. Perfect for summer are the cold rice with pistachio pesto and the pistachio and Philadelphia risotto. We close with an invigorating dish like few others, gnocchi with pistachio pesto, mortadella and burrata : what more could you want?
Second courses recipes with pistachio pesto
Among the second courses, the recipes with pistachio pesto and fish stand out, such as salmon fillet with pistachio pesto or swordfish rolls. But meat also offers great satisfaction: think of meat rolls (or chops) stuffed with pistachio pesto, meatloaf with pistachio pesto or escalopes with Bronte pistachios . In short, you are spoiled for choice!
