Pesto is an Italian sauce, originally made by grinding olive oil, basil leaves, garlic, sea salt, pecorino and / or Parmesan cheese, and pine nuts. You can play with the other ingredients and give it your own twist. Originally, the ingredients are mashed in a pestle.
Hence the name 'pesto’ originating from “pestaro” = to pound, crush or pestle.
But in this recipe I just use a food processor.
Ingredients:
Pesto:
10 g Fresh basil.
100 g Tomatoes
120 g sweet pepper. (1 large)
2 Garlic gloves.
30 g pine nuts
30 g Parmesan cheese.
1.5 tsp salt
0.5 tsp Spicy smoked paprika.
1 tsp thyme
10 g Olive oil
Directions:
Put all ingredients together in a food processor and mix until smooth.
