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Italy: Pesto Genovese With Walnuts

Italy: Pesto Genovese With Walnuts

Tamara Novacoviç with a walnutty take on the classic Pesto Genovese.
Text And Photo By Tamara Novacoviç

I consulted my friend the Internet and found that Pesto sauce originates in Genoa, in the Liguria region of northern Italy. The name is connected to the word pestâ (Italian: pestare), which means to poundto crush, in reference to the original method of preparation, with marble mortar and wooden pestle.

Original Pesto Genovese is made with fresh basil leavesolive oilpine nutsParmesan cheese and Pecorino cheese. However, there are many variations on the theme today. You can actually use rocket, parsley or spinach leaves to make pesto plus some other nuts. There is also a version called pesto rosso, which uses less basil leaves and tomatoes and almonds.

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You can use pesto in all kinds of meals. For me, it enhances every meal and makes everything smell and taste great, I’m a huge pesto fan. You can pour it over fish, potatoes, salads, pasta, rice…

I made my pesto with walnuts instead of pine nuts. You will get approximately 350 ml of sauce. This pesto was used for pesto rolls, you might have seen the recipe in one of my previous posts.

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Pesto Genovese


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  • Author: Tamara Novakovic
  • Total Time: 15 minutes

Description

You can use pesto in all kinds of meals. For me, it enhances every meal and makes everything smell and taste great, I’m a huge pesto fan. You can pour it over fish, potatoes, salads, pasta, rice…


Ingredients

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  • 2 cloves garlic
  • some sea salt
  • 3 cups (150 g) fresh basil leaves
  • 1/2 cup (50 g) Parmesan cheese
  • 1/4 cup (30 g) Pecorino cheese
  • 1/3 cup (50 g) walnuts (you can use some other nuts)
  • 7 tbsp (100 ml) olive oil
  • pinch of nutmeg

Instructions

  1. I took my mortar and pestle and crushed 2 cloves garlic with some sea salt.
  2. I then added 150 g fresh basil leaves and crushed them.
  3. I added 50 g of grated Parmesan cheese and 30 g of Pecorino cheese with 50 g walnuts (which I used instead of pine nuts), a pinch of nutmeg. I crushed everything together and in the end combined it with 100 ml of olive oil.
  • Prep Time: 15 mins
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