It all started when I was little...when I tried Pasta with Pesto. Once I tried it, I couldn't get enough of it! It has been my favorite dish since I was 2, so I hope you feel the same way that I feel about it.
Pesto is a sauce with basil, pine nuts or walnuts, Romano or Parmesan cheese, olive oil, and garlic. Pesto goes very well on rotini pasta - which in my house, we call romatimi because that's what my big sister, Haley, called it when she was a little girl.
When it's summer and there's a lot of basil in our garden, we make it fresh. Here's my mom's recipe:
- 2 cups basil leaves
- 2+ cloves garlic (we like a lot of garlic!)
- 1/4 cup pine nuts or walnuts
- 2/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Locatelli Romano cheese
Just pop all the ingredients into a blender or food processor (a grown-up should do that!) and blend until it comes together into a paste. Thin with oil if you like. Add to warm pasta and eat warm or room temperature. I like it leftover for lunch!
It's also great on sourdough bread - and my mom puts it on salmon, too. So far, I don't really like salmon, but I bet I will soon.
I love pesto! It's really good made with arugula instead of basil. The basil type with sundried tomatoes is really good too.
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