Pesto Sauce
Pesto sauce is basic Italian sauce made from basil, pine nuts, parmesan cheese, olive oil, garlic. Walnuts are widely substituted with pine nuts and pesto sauce is widely used in many Italian dishes.
Ingredients for pesto
Basil : Fresh basil is used, washed and dried and grinded.
Parmesan cheese: Parmesan cheese is the traditional cheese used but if you don’t find you can skip it.
Nuts: Traditional Italian version uses pine nuts but due to un availability of pinenuts in many places it is usually replaced by walnuts which also gives almost similar taste.
Oil: Extra virgin olive oil is used and it depends on how oily or thick you want your pesto. people also used refined oil but it has no taste.
Variations of pesto sauce
Other Italian dishes
How to make Italian Basic Pesto Sauce
Pesto sauce is basic Italian sauce made from basil, pine nuts, parmesan cheese, olive oil, garlic. Walnuts are widely substituted with pine nuts and pesto sauce is widely used in many Italian dishes.
Ingredients
Instructions
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Add all the ingredients in the jar of a food processor and pulse to blend everything.
Keep in mind to not make a paste of the ingredients.
In between blending, keep scraping the sides of the blender using a spatula.
Add some more olive oil if required while blending.Pine nuts is traditionally used but can be substituted with walnuts or cashewnuts Use oil as per the required blending. Do not use over powered blending because the pesto sauce is coarse and not paste. Traditionally made with parmesan cheese if not available you can skip it. -
It is best to use pesto freshly made but you can store it in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
Serving Size 25ml
Servings 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 193kcal
- Calories from Fat 19.9kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 19.9g31%
- Saturated Fat 3.1g16%
- Cholesterol 4mg2%
- Sodium 350mg15%
- Potassium 100mg3%
- Total Carbohydrate 2.6g1%
- Dietary Fiber 0.6g3%
- Sugars 0.4g
- Protein 3.7g8%
- Iron 5 mg
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Note
Pine nuts is traditionally used but can be substituted with walnuts or cashewnuts.
Use oil as per the required blending.
Do not use over powered blending because the pesto sauce is coarse and not paste.
Traditionally made with parmesan cheese if not available you can skip it.