The Quick And Easy PISTOU Recipe. Mmm Delicious!
Looking for a good, easy-to-make sauce for your pasta?
So I have exactly the recipe for you!
I introduce you my homemade pesto recipe ready in just 5 minutes.
To make this delicious recipe, you only need 3 ingredients.
Basil, garlic, olive oil and that's it!
It couldn't be simpler, right? Look, you will enjoy:
Ingredients
For 4 people - Preperation : 10 minutes
- 2/3 cloves of garlic
- 1 bunch of fresh basil
- 100 ml of olive oil
- salt
- blender
- an airtight glass jar
How to do
1. Rinse and thin out the basil.
2. Peel the garlic.
3. Cut it roughly.
4. Put everything in the blender with the oil.
5. Add a pinch of salt.
6. Mix until you get a homogeneous texture.
7. Put everything in the glass jar.
Results
And There you go ! Your homemade pesto is already ready :-)
Easy, fast and economical, isn't it?
At least you know exactly what you're putting in your sauce!
You just have to feast by putting on pasta for example.
But you can also simply put it on toast as an aperitif.
Remember to keep your pesto in the fridge in an airtight jar.
Have you prepared too much? Well, freeze the pesto sauce in small portions, for example in an ice cube tray.
The pesto tolerates freezing perfectly.
The difference between pesto and pesto
Do you think pesto and pesto are the same thing?
Think again ! These are indeed 2 separate recipes.
As we just saw, pesto is made with basil, olive oil and garlic.
There are no pine nuts, and cheese doesn't have to be.
As for the pesto, it is made with basil, olive oil, garlic, cheese (Parmesan or pecorino) and pine nuts.
Quick pesto recipe
If you know how to make pesto, Italian pesto is just as easy to make at home!
Just add 1 to 2 tablespoons of grated cheese (Parmesan or Pecorino) and a few pine nuts to the pesto recipe above.
In spring, you can also make the pesto sauce with wild garlic.
Your turn...
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