The classic homemade basil pesto recipe
Summer is a great time to remember for a long time. In order to keep memories, we prepare pickles, preserves, etc., for example, Pesto sauce, for which you need pine nuts. Today we will discuss how to make Basil Pesto Sauce, a recipe for the winter. It was invented by Italians, for which they are honored and praised.
This additive will make absolutely any dish incredibly tasty, aromatic, and there is nothing complicated in its preparation, so start preparing.
Classic Pesto Sauce
What do you need:
- One second of a clove of garlic.
- Some greens - basil.
- Some pine nuts.
- Two hundred and fifteen grams of oil (olive).
- Lemon juice - ten milliliters.
How to make Pesto:
The classic basil pesto recipe couldn't be easier. It is recommended to find a good blender before cooking, it will be more convenient. Wash the basil sprigs and drain them, by the way, you can leave the stems in order to add flavor to the sauce. Then you need to throw the herbs into a blender, throw nuts and garlic there. All this must be whipped, add one second of the oil (from the dosage indicated in the ingredients), then lemon juice, then throw in a pinch of pepper and salt. Whisk again until the desired consistency is achieved, adding olive oil if necessary.
And now the most important thing, so that the sauce does not spoil, you need to add a drop of Parmesan.
Prepare the container for the Basil Pesto. You need to pour boiling water over it and dry it thoroughly. Fill the jars with the sauce and smooth the surface with a little olive oil. Next, you need to roll up the jars and put the basil sauce for the winter in the refrigerator.
Tomato Pesto Sauce Recipe
Necessary:
- Mozzarella (cheese) - one hundred and thirty grams.
- A little sun-dried tomatoes from seven to nine pieces.
- Three cloves of garlic.
- A bit of Parmesan - 60 grams.
- Thirty-five grams of pine nuts.
- Olive oil - one hundred and thirty grams.
- A teaspoon of balsamic vinegar.
- Black pepper, as well as ground and, of course, salt to taste.
- A little greens, dill and mint - 50 grams of this and that.
How to prepare Basil Pesto recipe:
- We take the tomatoes, rinse them thoroughly and cut them into small slices.
- Now you need to take herbs and garlic, grind them in a mortar.
- Then you need to add:
- Pine nuts;
- Cheese;
- Oil.
- Next, you need to grind the whole thing thoroughly, alternately adding each product from the list.
- The sauce can be considered ready if the consistency of the mass becomes homogeneous. Therefore, get ready for the procedure to be quite lengthy.
- Ultimately, you need to add vinegar, this makes the dish more elegant.
- Now it remains to scatter the sauce over the previously prepared jars and roll them up. Then the conservation is sent to storage.
Spinach Pesto Sauce
This time we will cook without nuts. Ingredient List:
- Four hundred and fifty grams of spinach.
- Basil - one hundred grams.
- Garlic (preferably fresh) - one clove.
- A little lemon juice - a teaspoon.
- A bit of Parmesan - forty grams.
- Just a little olive oil - one hundred milliliters.
- Salt and a little of any pepper.
Homemade recipe:
- We take basil and spinach, rinse their leaves, and then squeeze dry.
- Then you need to take a grater and grate cheese on it.
- All other specified ingredients must be thrown into a blender and processed until a dense, preferably even mass is obtained.
Italian pesto sauce
Required Ingredients:
- A little bit of young basil, you need it to be harvested in Genoa - one hundred and forty grams.
- Roasted pine nuts - sixty grams.
- Grated cheese: "Parmigiano Reggiano" - one hundred and twenty grams, as well as sheep cheese "Pecorino" or "Fiore Sardo" - eighty g
- Garlic cloves - 4.
- Cold pressed olive oil - one hundred and sixty grams.
How to make pesto sauce for the winter:
- Nuts, as well as garlic, must be crushed using a marble mortar.
- Then sprinkle this thing with coarse salt and add a little green leaves.
- All components should be ground in a mortar by hand, otherwise it will not work in a blender, the color will deteriorate.
- When the consistency becomes like a cream, add the cheese.
- Now you need to mix everything again using a pestle.
- At the end, you will need to pour in a little oil.
All provided recipes are very tasty and easy to prepare, their preparation is not difficult. There are many other recipes, for example, Pesto sauce on gravy, but these are the most affordable and delicious.
