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    Home » Recipes » Pasta » Fettuccine Pesto Pasta Recipe (Fettuccine Al Pesto)

    Fettuccine Pesto Pasta Recipe (Fettuccine Al Pesto)

    Published: Jul 14, 2021 · Modified: May 15, 2022 by Jenna Passaro · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Make Italian fettuccine pesto pasta in under 20 minutes using store bought pesto. I’ll show you the right way to add the pesto sauce to pasta and how to serve it for a Sunday dinner platter with chicken and vegetables. Let’s make Fettuccine Al Pesto!

    Fettuccine Pesto Pasta Recipe on a family style dinner serving platter with tongs.
    Everyone wants to come over for family style dinner when pesto pasta is on the menu!

    Table of Contents

    • Why you’ll love this comfort pasta dish with pesto
    • Ingredients for this recipe
    • How to make pesto pasta with fettuccine
    • How to make a platter with pesto pasta and chicken
    • FAQs for making pasta with pesto
    • Are you a foodie, too?
    • Fettuccine Pesto Pasta Recipe | Sip Bite Go

    Why you’ll love this comfort pasta dish with pesto

    • Quick and easy… Pasta with pesto sauce is ready in ~ 20 minutes!
    • Serve it family style with air fryer chicken breast or pan seared chicken breast and vegetables.
    • For the noodles, use fresh homemade fettuccine or store bought pasta.
    • Use ready-made pesto or homemade pesto (see my tasty spinach basil pesto).
    • Includes family style pasta platter serving ideas (feel free to add pasta toppings!)
    Fresh Fettuccine Pesto Pasta Recipe with grated parmesan cheese.

    Ingredients for this recipe

    Just a handful of ingredients go in this pesto pasta recipe.

    • Fettuccine (substitute linguine, angel hair, or spaghetti)
    • Butter, unsalted
    • Olive oil
    • Pesto, store bought or homemade
    • Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
    Infographic chart for ingredients for Fettuccine Pesto pasta with captions Sip Bite Go

    How to make pesto pasta with fettuccine

    Step by step, let’s whip up this easy pasta dish.

    Chart with steps demonstrating how to make fettuccine pesto pasta with captions.
    1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil on the stove. Add 1 tsp salt, return to a boil, then add fettuccine pasta.
    2. Cook fettuccine pasta, stirring occasionally until pasta is cooked to al dente so it still has a little bite and isn’t completely soft. Fresh pasta will cook in 2-4 minutes. Store bought pasta (that is dried) will take 6-10 minutes, check the package for details. Drain pasta once done, reserving ¼ cup of pasta water. Start sauce while pasta cooks.
    3. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter and olive oil. Once ingredients are melted, stir them together and turn off the heat. Add reserved pasta water and pesto and stir to combine. You don’t want to cook the pesto with heat, it will warm up with the melted butter.
    4. Add pasta to pesto butter and toss to coat with tongs until combined. Serve immediately with freshly grated parmesan cheese in a large family style platter with tongs and any other toppings you’d like.
    Closeup of serving platter with Fettuccine Pesto Pasta.

    How to make a platter with pesto pasta and chicken

    Once you have the basic pasta with pesto recipe, the fun part is adding pasta toppings to your family style dinner platter. Make sure there is a little something for everyone to enjoy.

    Platter with family style Pesto Pasta with chicken and asparagus and tomatoes and lemon.

    Proteins that pair with pasta

    • Grilled chicken breast or oven baked chicken breast
    • Shrimp (try this sous vide shrimp)
    • Steak slices (see this coulotte steak recipe)

    Related: Does parmesan cheese go bad?

    Grilled chicken on a plate.

    Vegetables that pair well with pasta

    • Sauteed onions and peppers
    • Asparagus (see my sous vide asparagus recipe)
    • ¼ cup corn
    • Steamed broccoli or air fryer broccoli

    Other ingredients to add to pasta dishes with pesto

    • ½ cup drizzle of store bought alfredo sauce or homemade white sauce
    • Nuts (try walnuts or toasted pine nuts)
    • Fresh basil leaves from the Aerogarden
    • Diced tomatoes or roasted cherry tomatoes
    • Asiago cheese (one of my must have Trader Joe’s shopping trip items)
    • Slices of lemon for guests to squeeze lemon juice on pasta
    • Fresh cracked salt and pepper
    Fettuccine Pesto Pasta with chicken breast on a family style Italian platter.

    More easy recipes that use pesto…

    • Pesto pasta
    • Grilled romaine salad
    • Tomato pesto pasta salad
    • Spinach pesto pasta
    • Spinach pesto lasagna
    • Pesto pizza

    FAQs for making pasta with pesto

    How do I make my pesto stick to the pasta?

    Adding in a small amount of pasta water—that water your cooked pasta was boiled in, which you drained when you took it off the stove—is a foul-proof way of ensuring your pesto coats the fettuccine beautifully. In addition to draining the pasta and reserving water, my special butter pesto sauce combination will make your pasta stick to the pesto sauce.

    Should I add pesto to hot or cold pasta?

    You don’t want to add pesto to hot pasta straight from the stove because the heat will ‘cook’ the basil, changing both taste and appearance! Mixing pesto with warm or cold pasta works well.

    What is the best pesto recipe to make at home?

    My all-time favorite recipe is this one for basil spinach pesto. It’s delicious, easy to make, and a wonderful way to get my family to eat their spinach!

    What can I serve with pesto fettuccine?

    I like to serve my pesto fettuccine with a fresh salad — my simple cucumber and tomato salad or summer peach salad are easy favorites! This pasta dish is also delicious served as a side for steak.

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    Grating fresh parmesan cheese on fettuccine pesto pasta.

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    Fettuccine Pesto Pasta Recipe on a family style dinner serving platter with tongs.

    Fettuccine Pesto Pasta Recipe | Sip Bite Go

    Make Italian fettuccine pesto pasta in under 20 minutes using store bought pesto. I’ll show you the right way to add the pesto sauce to pasta and how to serve it for a Sunday dinner platter with chicken and vegetables. Let’s make Fettuccine Al Pesto!
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    Course: Appetizer, Entree, Main Dish
    Cuisine: Italian
    Diet: Vegetarian
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes
    Finish Time: 2 minutes
    Total Time: 17 minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 713kcal
    Author: Jenna Passaro

    Equipment

    • Pasta Machine

    Ingredients

    • 1 lb fettuccine substitute linguine, angel hair, or spaghetti
    • 1 tbsp butter unsalted
    • 1 tsp olive oil
    • 8 oz pesto store bought or homemade
    • ¼ cup parmesan cheese freshly grated

    Serving suggestions

    • Chicken breast
    • Asparagus
    • Tomatoes

    Instructions

    • Bring a large pot of water to a boil on the stove. Add 1 tsp salt, return to a boil, then add fettuccine pasta.
    • Cook fettuccine pasta, stirring occasionally until pasta is cooked to al dente so it still has a little bite and isn’t completely soft. Fresh pasta will cook in 2-4 minutes. Store bought pasta (that is dried) will take 6-10 minutes, check the package for details. Drain pasta once done, reserving ¼ cup of pasta water. Start sauce while pasta cooks.
    • In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter and olive oil. Once ingredients are melted, stir them together and turn off the heat. Add reserved pasta water and pesto and stir to combine. You don’t want to cook the pesto with heat, it will warm up with the melted butter.
    • Add pasta to pesto butter and toss with tongs to combine. Serve immediately with freshly grated parmesan cheese in a large family style platter with tongs and any other toppings you’d like.

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    Notes

    See the recipe: https://sipbitego.com/pesto-pasta
    See the recipe video for pesto pasta on YouTube.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 713kcal | Carbohydrates: 86g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 112mg | Sodium: 679mg | Potassium: 283mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1350IU | Calcium: 206mg | Iron: 3mg
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