Pesto is not, as many think, the Italian for ‘paste’. It means to pound, grind or crush, from the Genoese pesta(re), and refers to the method of making the pesto, as we today call the sauce known by ...
A pasta and pesto dish from Liguria, home of the best basil in Italy, giving us the famous pesto al Genovese. For the pasta, place the flour in a bowl or on a work surface, and make a well in the ...
Pesto is usually made with ingredients like pine nuts, basil, garlic, olive oil, and Parmesan cheese. I tend to prefer when those ingredients are fresh in a homemade sauce, but I decided to taste ...
This simple pesto pasta salad is dressed with fresh basil pesto. You will only need half of the pesto for this recipe: keep the rest for another meal – it’s delicious with Mediterranean ...
Make the pesto: Put the basil, olive oil, pine nuts ... Using a slotted spoon, transfer them to the colander. Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook until al dente, 10 minutes.