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Adam Liaw's creamy pesto prawns.

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25 ways with pesto (that aren't pasta)

Whether you've made the effort to hand-pound the pesto using a mortar and pestle (as recommended by Karen Martini and Neil Perry) or simply blitzed up a bunch of basil, nuts and parmesan in a blender, here's how to use the paste beyond pasta.

25 recipes
Adam Liaw's creamy pesto prawns.
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Adam Liaw's creamy pesto prawns

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Jamie Oliver's pan-seared lamb with basil, new potatoes and pesto.
EASY

Jamie Oliver's pan-seared lamb with basil, new potatoes and pesto

  • < 30 mins
  • Jamie Oliver
Karen Martini's pesto recipe.
EASY

Karen Martini's hand-pounded basil pesto

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Fresh and vibrant: Spiced salmon with chipotle butter potatoes and greens.

Katrina Meynink's spiced salmon with chipotle butter potatoes, greens and all the sauces

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Easy salmon en croute.
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Jamie Oliver's easy salmon en croute

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jamie Oliver
Pumpkin and pesto pearl cous cous salad.
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Pesto cous cous with maple roasted pumpkin and almond

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Neil Perry's baked eggs are a perfect Sunday supper.
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Sunday-night eggs

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Green herb risotto with parmesan.

Green herb risotto

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Sweet potato wedges with Make-it-work green sauce.
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Loaded sweet potato wedges with feta and green sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Salad in a jar.
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No-cook jar salad with creamy pesto yoghurt dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Baked potatoes with peas and pesto.
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Baked potato with peas and rough pesto

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Roast salmon with macadamia and rocket pesto.
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Roast salmon with (dairy-free) macadamia pesto

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Spring minestrone with rocket and basil pesto.

Green minestrone soup with a dollop of basil pesto

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
It's all about the cheese pull: Loaded caprese toasted sandwiches.

Loaded caprese toasties with pesto, onion jam and serrano ham

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Pasta is optional in this rustic lasagne.

Free-form frypan zucchini lasagne with caponata and pesto

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
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Big bruschetta salad.
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Adam Liaw's big bruschetta salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Italian chicken noodle soup with pesto

Italian chicken noodle soup with pesto and lemon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Chargrilled baby octopus with olives and hand-pounded pesto.

Chargrilled baby octopus (or chicken) with olives and pesto

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Frank Camorra's Sicilian pesto and grilled eggplant.
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Sicilian pesto with grilled eggplant (or prawns or chicken)

  • < 30 mins
  • Frank Camorra
Neil Perry's pistachio-crumbed veal.

Crumbed veal steaks with olive and pistachio pesto

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
The longer this share-friendly sandwich loaf sits, the better it becomes.

The mega muffuletta sandwich with basil and lemon pesto

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Healthy school lunches by Wholefood Simply.
EASY

Crunchy chicken nuggets to dip in pesto

  • < 30 mins
  • Bianca Slade
When garlic bread meets cheese toastie.
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Garlic bread, cheese and pesto toastie

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
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Pesto and chorizo spelt scrolls

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Kristy Komadina
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Jamie Oliver's moreish eggplant salad 7 Ways by Jamie Oliver is published by Penguin Random House © Jamie Oliver Enterprises Limited (2020 7 Ways). Photography: Levon Biss.  Single online use
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Jamie Oliver's moreish eggplant salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jamie Oliver

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