Sauce «Pesto»

Country of origin: Italy

Pesto is a traditional Italian sauce. This sauce is prepared based on basil, pine nuts, Parmesan and olive oil. The pesto sauce has a delicate taste with the aroma of herbs and garlic. There are different recipes for making pesto sauce. Here's my favorite recipe.

Goes well with:

-       Meat

-       Fish

-       Paste

-       Caprese

Ingredients:

• Basil green (only leaves) 30g
• Parsley (only leaves) 20g
• Parmesan cheese 40-50g
• Pine nuts 40g
• Garlic 3-5g (one clove)
• Salt 3g
• Extra virgin olive oil 80-100 ml.
• Lemon juice 25g
• Ground black pepper (to taste).

Method

1)   To wash basil and parsley and to dry with a paper towel.

2)    Fry pine nuts in a pan without oil. Cool down.

3)    Grate the Parmesan.

4)    Crush the garlic with a knife.

5)  Send to the food processor basil, parsley, Parmesan, pine nuts, olive oil, garlic, salt, ground black pepper (to taste), and squeeze lemon juice. Grind to a puree consistency. The sauce is ready.