Recipe: Pesto Linguine

Take the hard work out of making dinner tonight for you and your family with this easy pesto linguine recipe!

The best part of this delicious pasta dish is that you can grab everything you’ll need right from the Market! Start your shopping with picking up a fresh loaf of Italian Herb Focaccia from Cobs Bread, then you can find baby tomatoes and other fresh produce from Lonsdale Green Grocer. Finally you can pick up your pasta and pesto sauce from Bowen Island Pizza Company and they carry fresh parmesan cheese in case you need some! Don’t like pesto? They also carry tomato sauces you can use to make your delicious pasta dish.

Recipe courtesy of Cobs Bread.

Pesto Linguine Ingredients: 

1 Rosemary & Sea Salt Focaccia
500g fresh linguine or dried pasta of your choice
Pesto Sauce
¼ cup olive oil
2 cups baby tomatoes
Italian Herb Focaccia from Cobs Bread
Parmesan cheese

Garlic Breadcrumbs:

1/4 slab Italian Herb Focaccia
Salt and pepper
3 tsp Garlic Powder
Lemon zest of half a lemon

Instructions for Breadcrumbs:

1. Heat oven to 375°.
2. Dry out Focaccia by placing in a pre-heated oven for 15 minutes.
3. Let cool and blend in a food processor until the texture of breadcrumbs.
4. Combine with salt, pepper, garlic powder and lemon zest.

Instructions for Pesto Linguine:

1. Heat oven to 375°.
2. Slice baby tomatoes in half and add to a prepared baking sheet with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast for 20 minutes.
3. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Boil pasta as package indicates.
4. Reserve half cup of boiled pasta water and drain rest.
5. Add pasta water, roasted tomatoes and pesto to pot and mix pasta to combine.
6. Top with parmesan cheese and toasted breadcrumbs.
7. Serve your pesto linguine pasta dish with a side of focaccia triangle.

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