basil pesto
Genovese pasta sauce
Basil pesto is a sauce of crushed basil, garlic, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, and olive oil, originating from Genoa, Italy.
It's traditionally made with a mortar and pestle—pesto comes from the Italian for "pounded." The sauce is tossed with pasta, spread on sandwiches, or used as a dip: I added a dollop of basil pesto to the soup.
- Italian cookingRome's culinary tradition
- pine nutsEdible conifer seeds
- garlicPungent culinary bulb
- parmesanGranular Italian grating cheese
- cheese graterTool for shredding food
extra virgin · olive oil · mortar · pestle · pasta · linguine · al dente · pasta sauce · bruschetta · crusty bread · aromatic · herbaceous · green · fresh · crushed · spread · sauce · Italian
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