logo for cutting-edge-mediterranean-recipes.com
Subscribe To This Site
XML RSS
Add to Google
Add to My Yahoo!
Add to My MSN
Subscribe with Bloglines

Home
Site Information All About Us
Conversion Tables
Cooking Advice
Food Videos/Pics
Mediterranean Map
Privacy Policy
Sitemap
**Shop Online** Online Posters
Kitchen Basics USA
Kitchen Gear USA
Kitchen Basics UK
Kitchen Gear UK
Lifestyle ** Learn To Cook **
Mediterranean Diet
MED DIET PLAN
Our Recipes Bread Recipes
Chicken Recipes
Cold Soup Recipes
Curing Olives
Dessert Recipes
Duck Recipes
Fish Recipes
Ice Cream/Sorbets
Jams and Preserves
Lamb Recipes
Pasta Recipes
Pastry Recipes
Pork Recipes
Potato Recipes
Rabbit Recipes
Rice Recipes
Salad Recipes
Sauces & Dips
Seafood Paella
Soup Recipes
Tapas - Starters
Vegetable Recipes
Holiday Menus Halloween Menu
Christmas Menu
Recipes By Country Italian Recipes
Spanish Recipes
Recipe Blog Med Recipe Blog
LEFT for cutting-edge-mediterranean-recipes.com
 

 Pesto Recipe - Fresh Basil Sauce


Pesto Recipe

Great Easy Healthy Sauce

Why buy Pesto Sauce in the Supermarket or Store, when it's so easy to make this Pesto Recipe and the results are miles better?
You only need a few ingredients and it just takes a few minutes to prepare.
Really though, this is such a famous Sauce that people are inclined to think it must be too difficult to make at home and so spend years eating an inferior product.
In the olden days when the great sauce was invented in Genoa in the liguria district of Italy, it was made by pounding the ingredients in a pestle and mortar. Nowadays most people use a food processor but some traditional cooks believe that the old method still produces the best results.
It's up to you - either way you will produce something extraordinary.
Superb with Mediterranean grilled meats and Fish and of course you can always - Add it to pasta for:  Fettuccine di Pesto alla Genovese

Mediterranean Cooking CoursesNew!  We're proud to announce our:
Spanish Cooking Courses.
Come and stay with us in a great garden apartment on Spain's sunny Mediterranean coast.
<<<< Click on the photo to find out more.
Learn to cook and Experience the real Spain.


Ingredients
  • A handfull of fresh Basil Leaves (about 40)
  • One Clove of Garlic (crushed with a little coarse salt)
  • 50g. Pinenuts (toasted).
  • 100 ml. of EVOO (extra virgin olive oil).
  • 50g.Parmesan or Pecorino cheese (grated).
  • Salt and black pepper to taste.
New Feature: Printer Friendly Recipe Pages for your convenience.

Pesto Recipe Method


Search the Site from here:



Now for the really easy bit.

Just place all the ingredients in a food processor or blender, and, using your pulse function, blend until you acheive the right consistency.

You don't want it to be too smooth, keep a few lumps and bumps in it for added character.

Pam's
Top Tip: You will need a good food processor.   Here's a great one that won't break the bank.   >>>>>

Pesto in the Food Processor

Why not make some fresh Fettuccine using our
fresh pasta recipe - or cook up some of the dried stuff (about 80 grams per head).

Allow about 75g. of the sauce for each person... and toss it into the hot, freshly cooked pasta.

Then serve with more Parmesan grated on top.

New! Comments


Have your say about what you just read! Leave me a comment or ask a culinary question in the box below.

 Ask Pam if you need any cooking advice......................she loves to help.

Pasta 'n' Pesto

Fabuloso!

Sunset over the Mediterranean

Back to Pasta Recipes | Back from Pesto Recipe to the Homepage




footer for Mediterranean recipes page