Smoked chicken pasta

Prep: 30 mins, Cooking: 20 mins
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By Food24 August 17 2015
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Ingredients (13)

500 g pasta — tagliatelle, cooked
2 chicken breast fillets — smoked
50 g pecan nuts — toasted and chopped
parmesan cheese — to serve
rocket — wild, to garnish
olive oil — for drizzling
For the pesto:
2 garlic — cloves, peeled
50 g pecan nuts — toasted and chopped
75 g rocket — leaves
salt — pinch
sugar — pinch
1 cup olive oil — extra virgin
1/2 cup parmesan cheese — grated
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Method:

Place all pesto ingredients except for the oil and Parmesan in a blender and blitz.

With the motor running, slowly pour the olive oil through the funnel of the blender to form a smooth paste.

Transfer pesto to a bowl and stir through grated Parmesan cheese.

Reserve 2 tablespoons of the pasta cooking liquid and stir it through the pesto. The starch content in the water will help the pesto cling to the tagliatelle.

Toss pasta with pesto, shredded chicken, pecan nuts and Parmesan. Garnish with wild rocket leaves and a drizzle of olive oil.

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