Pesto Genovese
Rating | 5 5 (1 reviews) Add rating |
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Region | Italy |
Categories | Partial recipes |
Tags | Basic recipes, Classics, Tapas, Mezes & Antipasti |
Servings: | 0 |
Preperation time: | 5 minutes. |
Cooking time: | 5 minutes. |
Recipe by: | ![]() |
The original pesto recipe. Learn this one and make your own pesto. You can always make your own variations but make sure you understand the basics.

The ingredients for pesto genovese:
- 2 cloves garlic; chopped
- 15 gram pine nuts; roasted
- 50 gram basil; only the leaves
- 75 gram Parmigiano-Reggiano; grated
- 50 milliliter extra virgin olive oil;
How to make pesto genovese?
- Crush the garlic, the pine nuts, the basil, the Parmigiano-Reggiano and the extra virgin olive oil in a blender or a mortar; using a mortar will give a more authentic structure to the result.
- Your result is ready for further use.