CHICKEN AND PANCETTA WITH PENNE Recipe
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Ingredients: 8 oz. penne
7-10 oz. of pesto (or you can make it easily enough with pignoli nuts, olive oil garlic and basil)
4 oz. thin sliced chicken breast cutlets
2 oz. pancetta or 2oz. prosciutto (or both)
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Directions:Cook pasta according to package directions. At the same time, sauté the pancetta and/or the prosciutto with the cutlets until golden brown in a large skillet. Add the pesto and heat through about 2-3 minutes. When pasta is done, take a ladleful of pasta water and add to the pesto/cutlet/pancetta mix. Drain the pasta and add to the mixture, mix, and serve. Garnish with parmesan cheese and parsley (make sure to spill some parsley on the side of the serving platter so it looks like all professionally prepared dishes with spilled spices everywhere). To add flair, ask everyone if they want freshly ground black pepper. (Just don’t expect a tip.) |
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Notes: My kids used to often show up for dinner, but it was always a surprise how many of their friends would be accompanying them, also expecting dinner! I needed something I could make in multiples, quickly, and do it so no one would know I was sweating the entire time. So I always have enough prosciutto or pancetta handy to supplement whatever chicken I had available. And I always have reserves of pasta, especially if the guests are male (Barilla, which I’ve used exclusively ever since my daughter visited the Barilla factory near Siena).
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