Baked Potatoes With Pesto Food

BAKED BABY POTATOES WITH OLIVE PESTO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Place potatoes in a large bowl. Add 2 tablespoons oil and salt; toss to coat. Transfer to a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake until tender, 30-35 minutes., Meanwhile, place olives, onion, pine nuts and garlic in a food processor; pulse until chopped. Gradually add remaining oil; process to reach desired consistency., When potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut thin slices off bottoms to allow potatoes to sit upright. Cut an "X" in the top of each potato; squeeze sides to open tops slightly. Place on a serving platter., Spoon olive pesto onto potatoes; top with sour cream. If desired, sprinkle with pepper. Serve warm.

POTATOES WITH PESTO

Steps:

• Boil the potatoes in their skins until cooked. Drain, and when cool enough to handle (but still warm), cut the potatoes into quarters.
• Place the potatoes in a bowl and sprinkle them with olive oil. Add the pesto and toss gently, so that the potatoes are coated with the sauce. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and serve immediately or at room temperature. Do not refrigerate.

CHICKEN AND POTATOES WITH PESTO

Steps:

• Mix 3 Tbsp pesto with potatoes and onions.
• Place into casserole dish.
• Top with chicken.
• Evenly rub 1 Tbsp pesto on top of the chicken breasts.
• Season with salt, pepper, garlic and Italian seasonings.
• Top with cheese.
• Bake at 400°F for 40 minutes. If the cheese begins to brown too fast, loosely cover w/foil then remove foil during the last 5-10 minutes.
• Serve with garlic bread and a salad.
• Enjoy!

BAKED POTATOES WITH PESTO

Steps:

• Scrub potatoes well and prick with a fork. Rub a little salt on the skins. Cook on a cookie sheet at 375 degrees for 1 hou, until skins are crisp.
• Cut potatoes in half lengthwise. Using a spoon, scoop the flesh into a mixing bowl, leaving a shell of potato inside the skins. Mash flesh with a fork.
• Mix the cream and stock in a pan and simmer over low heat for 8-10 minutes until reduced. Stir in lemon juice, garlic, basic and salt and pepper to taste. Add to potato flesh and mix well.
• Spoon the mixture back into the potato shells and sprinkle cheese on top. Return to the oven for 10 minutes, until cheese has browned.

BASIL PESTO TWICE-BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F or 180°C.
• Bake the potatoes in the oven for about an hour, until the skins are firm and the centres are soft.
• When the potatoes are cooked, remove from the oven. Halve them lengthways and scoop out the majority of the flesh with a spoon. Be very careful not to tear the skin- leave a quarter inch of flesh still in the skin to provide a firm shell.
• Lightly mash with a fork the flesh that has been removed from the skins. Mix in the mascarpone cheese and basil pesto sauce and season with salt and pepper if desired. Stir well to mix.
• Add the grated mozzarella and pine nuts and stir to mix.
• Scoop the filling back into the potatoes, smoothing the tops.
• Place on a foil-covered baking tray and bake for 10 minutes, until the filling is hot.
• Serve hot!

PESTO POTATOES

Steps:

• For the pesto, put the basil and parsley in the food processor and process until minced.
• Keep the processor running and add the garlic and nuts.
• Process until finely chopped, then add the chicken broth, parmesan cheese, lemon juice, water, oil, salt and pepper and process until smooth.
• For the potatoes, brush 2 tablespoons oil in a baking dish.
• Arrange 2 cups of sliced potatoes in the bottom of baking dish and season with salt and pepper.
• Spread 3 tablespoons of basil mixture over potatoes and sprinkle 2 teaspoons parmesan cheese over as well.
• Cover with 2 cups of sliced potatoes, 3 tablespoons basil and 2 teaspoons cheese.
• Top with the remaining potatoes and season one last time with salt and pepper.
• Heat the chicken broth until hot.
• Pour over potatoes and use the remaining basil mixture and cheese over the top of the dish.
• Cover the baking dish with foil and bake in a preheated oven at 425F or 220 C for 45 minutes.
• Remove foil and cook for 15 minutes more.