Basil cream, also known as pesto, is a traditional sauce of Italian cuisine. Let's see how to prepare traditional pesto, which is made by grinding the leaves of the basil plant together with garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese, it is very simple to prepare and quick to cook, you just have to blanch the leaves and then liquefy or mix the ingredients until you get the consistency of your choice, the pesto can be more or less liquid and goes very well with a dish of fresh pasta, which in life recipes we have already taught you to prepare.
Prep
3 min
Cook
1 min
Servings
4
Calories
80 kcal
Blanch the leaves, to do this in a pot of boiling water, add salt and the leaves. Leave them for 10 seconds.
Then remove them and immerse them in plenty of ice water.
Strain the leaves.
Blend them together with the garlic, cheese, walnuts and a little olive oil.
Accompany delicious pasta with this basil cream.
