I believe that people who loves good cuisine and especially Italian one loves as well the green, flavory made of fresh basil sauce – pesto. Mostly pesto companies starters, like mozzarella and tomatoes or first dishes like pasta or even some gourmet plates as a decoration. (There is even an ice cream, a good one, with a pesto flavor. Must try it! Oh those crafty and innovative Italians, huh? )
What’s for me – I love basil in general and even growing it on my balcony as love it fresh and what can be better than make your own pesto sauce to your trofie (type of fresh pasta) or tomatoes dish?
It’s easy, fast and so good! Must try this great pesto recipe that comes from Liguria!
Italian salad – Casprese with Pesto sauce
Here is the recipe and my step-by-step – how to make it.
Pesto sauce: step-by-step
Easy, Fast, delicious, homemade and definitely full with vitamins and the good oil that helps you with a weight loss!
Easy, Fast, delicious, homemade and definitely full with vitamins and the good oil that helps you with a weight loss!
- 50 g fresh basil (small leaves) (around 60/65 leaves)
- 1/2 glass of extra virgin olive oil
- 6 spoons of Parmesan cheese (i used Parmigiano Reggiano)
- 2 cloves of a garlic ( I skipped this time)
- 1 spoon of pine nuts
- 3-4 g of the big flake salt (sal di mer / sea salt)
- Wash the leaves in a cold water and dry them up with a dry cloth to absorb the water as much as you can. Important is not to crush the leaves.
- Put the leaves and the salt in a kitchen mixer and blend them till the green juice comes out. (If your kitchen mixer does not allow you to smash properly into a sauce - use hand mixer.
- When mixed well add grated Parmesan and mix well.
- As last ad slowly an olive oil and mix it in with a spoon till perfectly combined.
- Perfect pairing with tomatoes and mozzarella dishes as well as pasta.
How you ever eat Italian food? What’s your favorite dish? Mine, for sure, is trofie al pesto!
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