Pesto and, why not? clams.

Pesto Italian cuisine

This recipe violates at least two rules of Italian cooking: No cheese with seafood. That both pesto and clams with pasta must be really garlicky. I learned this basic pesto recipe from an Italian friend who was adamant: no more than half a clove (then again, his grandmother's other secret was a tablespoon of fatty yoghurt, which I haven't included). As for the clams in pesto, I had it first at a wonderful restaurant near the Vatican. Some Italian friends served it with shrimp. Love it with sweet rock shrimp or scallops. Don't know the technical reasons for why it works. Just does, if you want something more than beans and potatoes in your pesto. I agree with my friend on less garlic because there are so many other flavors here. But if you like garlic, there are worse sins.