Pesto sauce: recipe

In Italy, this sauce is ground in a mortar with a pestle. But not all can adhere to the Italian traditions of cooking. For lack of a mortar and pestle sauce can simply grind in a combine. So, let's tell you how to make pesto.

Traditional pesto sauce: recipe

Pesto is great for freezing, so if you cooked too much sauce and could not use it at once, you do not have to throw this product away. So, prepare the pesto sauce! You will need the following ingredients:

• 15 grams of basil leaves


• 2 cloves of garlic


• 4 tbsp. l. pine nuts


• 150 ml of olive oil


• 50 g parmesan cheese

Italian pesto sauce can be prepared as intraditional form, and with various additives. But the technology of its preparation is always the same: all the ingredients should be crushed in a combine. Do not be too zealous and bring the sauce to a liquid consistency. On the contrary, pesto must have a rather coarse structure. After all ingredients of the sauce are mixed in the blender, add the cheese and turn on the combine for a few more seconds.

Pesto sauce: recipe with almonds

We suggest you to try another sauce of pesto, the composition of which this time can be varied by the addition of almonds. To prepare pesto with almonds you will need:

• 1 bunch of basil


• 40 g of almonds


• 50 g grated cheese


• 3 cloves of garlic


• salt


• 6 tbsp. l. olive oil

To make pesto sauce using this recipeYou will need to clean and lightly fry the almonds. Basil leaves, garlic and almonds chop in a blender until pasty. At the time of grinding, add olive oil a little. The finished sauce is mixed with grated Italian cheese and salted to taste. This sauce is great for pasta.

Pesto sauce: a recipe with parsley

Another recipe for making pesto sauce. This time we will try this sauce with the addition of parsley. To make this sauce we use such products:

• 1.5 cups of basil leaves


• 1 tbsp. pistachios


• half a lemon


• 2 tsp. olive oil


• 1 bunch of parsley


• 1 head of garlic


• balsamic vinegar

In a blender, mix the leaves of parsley, basil,garlic and pistachios. Grind the ingredients until a uniform gruel is formed. In this sauce, add freshly squeezed juice of half a lemon and olive oil. Stir well the sauce once more. Ready sauce should be sprinkled with a couple drops of balsamic vinegar and served on the table along with the pasta.

Any pesto sauce will be an excellent substitutethe usual tomato paste that we use to make pizza. Also this sauce is perfect for roasting vegetables in the oven. You can also try baking salmon or cod fillets in this sauce.