Potato boats with pesto and green beans are a light, tasty and flavorful main course, but also an appetizer and a side dish you can prepare all year round, especially when the days start to get warmer. Their preparation is really simple: buy potatoes perfect for steaming such as Ruggiero “Tasty for Oven and Steam”, cook them and once cold make the boats that you will fill with the same potatoes, pesto and green beans. A super easy and delicious recipe that will bring taste, flavor and joy to your home. Ready to run to the kitchen and discover together the recipe for potato boats with pesto and green beans? But as always, first I remind you that if you want to stay updated on all my recipes, you can follow my Facebook page (here) and my Instagram profile (here).
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very inexpensive
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Steaming
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients to make potato boats with pesto and green beans
- 4 Ruggiero New Potatoes (Tasty for Oven and Steam)
- cup (≈3.5 oz) Genovese pesto
- oz (about 1 1/4 cups) green beans
- to taste salt
- to taste pine nuts
Tools
- Steamer
- Bowls
Steps to make potato boats with pesto and green beans
To prepare this recipe I recommend cooking the potatoes by steaming; this method will enhance their delicate flavor.
Rinse the potatoes, place them whole in a steamer and cook them until they are soft (I cook them in the microwave in the special steamer for 20 minutes at 750W). Once cooked and brought almost to room temperature, cut them in half, but for now do not remove the peel. Make incisions on the sides with a knife and carefully scoop out the flesh with a spoon, let them cool well and only now remove the peels.
Gather the now-cooled flesh in a bowl; if there are large pieces, chop them into small pieces, add salt, pesto and the green beans, mix and use this mixture to fill the potato boats. Decorate with pine nuts and basil leaves.
The potato boats are ready to be served; they keep in the fridge for 24 hours if well sealed with plastic wrap or stored in a suitable container.
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