Pesto recipes to make at home

The Pesto sauce is one of the best-known and most popular sauces in Italian gastronomy, which, due to its many uses and possible combinations, has become popular all over the world.

You can find pesto sauce in all supermarkets, but the truth be told: nothing like a homemade pesto. Trust me, making a fresh pesto sauce is so easy, and it's second to none.

All you need to make a good pesto is olive oil, pine nuts, basil, garlic, and Parmesan cheese . You can take advantage when you make it to make it in quantity, and either store it in the fridge for 3 or 4 days or freeze it, and take it out by spoonfuls and defrost every day that you need it.

TRICK! You can freeze the sauces in an ice cube tray with a lid , and each time you want to consume it, you will take out the cubes that you require at any time.

While traditional pesto is delicious, you can make some delicious variations. That is what this post is about today: I leave you with several delicious recipes for different pestos that you can make at home.

To do this, you can use the Tefal Ingenio manual chopper .

How to use the pesto sauce?

You can use the traditional pesto sauce or the pestos that you will see below in many ways:

• As a snack: leave the jar next to some croutons or toasts, it's a great combination.
• With pasta, it is a classic among classics.
• With fish: despite the intensity of the pesto, it does not have to mask how delicious the fish is if you moderate its use. And on the contrary, with the right dose, fish with pesto is delicious.
• With meat, especially the dried tomato pesto that you find below is delicious with grilled meat.
• with roasted vegetables
• In pizzas, you will see how the flavor is enhanced if you add a little pesto as the base of the pizza or on top at the end of cooking.
• To make breads and foccaccias: introduce pesto into the dough of your breads and you will make some of the most tasty breads (also in onion breads or olive breads, if you look for the right accompaniments, some delicious breads will remain).

pesto recipes

Rocket and walnut pesto

Ingredients

• 50g rocket
• 1 garlic clove
• 25 g grated Parmesan cheese
• 25 g of toasted walnuts
• 200 ml of olive oil
• Salt and pepper

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC and toast the nuts on a small tray for 10 minutes until they are golden brown and let them cool.
2. Peel the garlic and put it in the Tefal Ingenio manual mincer and grind for about 5 seconds. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend again for another 10 seconds.
3. Season to taste and reserve in a glass jar in the refrigerator.

basil pesto

Ingredients

• 50g basil
• 1 clove garlic
• 30 g grated Parmesan cheese
• 30g of pine nuts
• 175 ml of extra virgin olive oil
• Salt and pepper

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC and toast the pine nuts on a tray for 10 minutes until golden brown and let them cool.
2. Peel the garlic and put it in the Tefal Ingenio manual mincer and grind for about 5 seconds.
3. Add the basil and garlic in the chopper and crush for 3 more seconds.
4. Place the rest of the ingredients in the chopper and blend for about 10 seconds.
5. Season to taste and reserve in a glass jar in the refrigerator (or you can put it in the ice cube tray to freeze and consume little by little whenever you need it)

Dried tomato pesto

Ingredients

• 100 g sun-dried tomatoes (or dried preserved in oil)
• 25g basil
• 1 clove garlic
• 25 g grated Parmesan cheese
• 30 g toasted almonds
• 200 ml of extra virgin olive oil
• Salt and pepper

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC and toast the almonds on a tray for 10 minutes until golden brown and let them cool.
2. Peel the garlic clove and grind for 5 seconds with the Tefal Ingenio manual chopper , add the sun-dried tomatoes and stir for 10 more seconds.
3. Add the basil and all the other ingredients in the food processor and blend for about 10 seconds.
4. Season to taste and store in an airtight jar in the refrigerator.