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Friday, 27 September 2024

Pesto

Sauce made from basil, pine nuts, Parmesan, garlic, and olive oil


Pesto
Pesto

Pesto or more fully pesto alla genovese is a paste made of crushed garlic, pine nuts, salt, basil leaves, grated cheese such as Parmesan or pecorino sardo, and olive oil. It originated in the Italian city of Genoa, and is used to dress pasta and flavour genoese minestrone soup.

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