Pasta Al Pesto!This is my favorite Italian dish
Pesto sauce recipe:
Ingredients:
-2 cups tightly packed fresh basil leaves
-1/2 cup Ligurian extra-virgin olive oil (if it is possible)
-3 tablespoons pine nuts
-pinch of salt
-1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan
Method:
– Wash the basil in cold water and pat dry.
– Put basil, pine nuts, an ample pinch of salt and olive oil in the mixer and process until creamy (do not put all the olive oil immediately, but put it a little bit at time and put it again as you prefer)
– Put in the grated cheeses and serve on hand made pasta (I suggest you trofie)
Mind, ground basil oxidizes quickly turning a different color so use it immediately or store your pesto with a protective layer of olive oil.
Pesto is commonly used on pasta, but this use is not the only one it is highly versatile and often is served with potatoes and string-beans /French beans.
One other well-known variant exists, the Sicilian pesto (“Pesto alla siciliana“), a sauce from Sicily similar to the basic pesto recipe with the addition of fresch tomato souse and less basil. (I love it)
Buon pranzo!
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