Basil Pesto
Servings 4
Equipment
- Mortar and pestle or Hand blender
- knife
- Chopping-board
Ingredients
- 1 large clove Garlic
- 10 grams Pine nuts
- Large handful of basil
- Sprinkle of sea salt
- 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese
- 1 tbsp Pecorino cheese
- EVOO
Instructions
- To make this basil pesto, crush garlic and pine nuts using a mortar and pestle. This is key to a delicious pesto sauce.
- Add basil leaves and a sprinkle of sea salt and crush once again, pressing hard until you get a creamy consistency and the leaves have almost disappeared.
- Add the parmesan and pecorino cheese and continue to mix through, to make a flavoursome pesto.
- Pour a generous drizzle of EVOO in the pesto and crush through, adding a little bit at a time to the pesto, as you go.
- ALTERNATIVE, QUICK OPTION
- For a quick option and to achieve a smoother consistency, make your pesto using a hand blender in just 5 minutes!
- Add the garlic clove (peeled), pine nuts and a pinch of rock salt to the base of your hand blender and mix well until it becomes fine.
- Then, add the basil leaves to your pesto mix but don’t leave the blender on, just use the option for short bursts until the leaves are chopped down.
- Add a tablespoon of both parmesan and pecorino, blend in short bursts, then add 2 tablespoons of oil and blend again. If it is too thick, add some more EVOO and blend one last time.
- E ora si mangia, Vincenzo’s Plate….Enjoy!