Chicken pesto pasta

We have had a group of 20 young people staying here at Chateau Perroterie this week. They left earlier today relaxed happy after a fun stay.

Its always a busy day when we have people leaving. So I like to cook something simple & quick for supper. Tonight I tried an experiment & we really liked the end result. Please let me know what you think!

Slice 2 chicken breasts into thin slithers, sprinkle over salt & pepper. I have a vegetable cutter which makes pasta, I made courgette pasta from 1 large courgette. Heat some olive oil into a frying pan & sauté the chicken pieces sprinkle over 2 chopped garlic & mix in. Meanwhile cook some Tagliatelle pasta (I freeze pasta slightly under cooked & simply pop it into the boiling water, when it returns to the boil switch off) drain reserving 1/4 cup of the pasta stock. Mix the courgette into the pasta stir in the pasta water. In a small saucepan spoon 4 tsps of pesto sauce warm through then add 1 large tbsp creme fraiche stirring till it is a smooth sauce. Season the pastas, add 1/2 the pesto sauce serve in a bowl place the chicken on top & drizzle over the rest of the sauce, scatter some basil leaves over eh Viola!

Serves 2