Elevate your pasta game with creamy spinach basil pesto sauce made from fresh ingredients. This dish incorporates fusilli noodles coated in a rich and velvety sauce, enhanced with seared chicken. The combination of garlic, aged Parmesan, and walnuts adds a delicious sharpness, while the flavorful seasonings make it a delightful meal.
1: Place olive oil, spinach, garlic, basil, walnuts, parmesan, half a lemon's juice, salt, pepper, and sugar into a food processor and blend until well combined into a thick sauce.
2: In a hot pan, add butter, olive oil, heavy cream, chicken broth, and a splash of white wine. Then, stir in the pesto sauce.
3: Add cooked noodles into the pan and mix until well coated.
4: For the chicken, coat with olive oil and season with salt, pepper, garlic, Italian seasoning, oregano, and the juice of one whole lemon.
5: Sear the chicken over high heat for 5 minutes on each side until cooked through.
