Authentic Genoese pesto

Today we bring you a classic of Italian food: authentic Genoese pesto. It is a simple sauce made from basil, parmesan cheese, pine nuts and oil. But although it is simple and is prepared in less than 5 minutes, its flavor is really characteristic, unmistakable and delicious.

Sounds simple right? And now we leave you the keys to achieve the best Genoese pesto.

How to make the best Genoese pesto?

• Extra virgin olive oil: a good olive oil will give a delicious flavor to our pesto. We recommend a good one, with a not super super intense flavor, but one that has flavor.
• Cheese: it is best to combine two types of Italian cheeses of medium-superior quality. We will use Parmesan y pecorino cheese. 
• Pinions: to give it an extra creaminess, we will toast the pine nuts before using them. But we'll only toast them very very lightly, we don't want them to brown.

How to preserve pesto?

We can keep the pesto in a glass jar tightly closed for up to a month in the fridge.

The important thing is that always be covered in oil. So we are using it at our convenience, taking it out with a teaspoon, we clean the edges well, we cover it with olive oil, we close the fridge well again.

Authentic Genoese pesto

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We prepare the recipe for the authentic Genoese pesto, made with basil, Parmesan and Pecorino cheese, pine nuts and extra virgin olive oil.

• Irene Arcas

• Kitchen: Italian company
• Recipe type: sauces
• Rations: 200 g

• Cooking time: 5M
• Total time: 5M

Ingredients

• 60 g fresh basil (just the leaves)
• 150 g of extra virgin olive oil
• 70 g of parmigiano reggiano cheese
• 30 g of pecorino cheese
• 1-2 garlic cloves, peeled
• 20 g pine nuts
• 1 / 2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

1. In a frying pan without oil, brown the pine nuts very very lightly. We withdraw and reserve.

2. We put the cheeses in the glass and grate 15 seconds, speed 10.

3. Add the pine nuts, garlic, basil, oil and salt. We shred 15 seconds, speed 7. If you like it with a less grainy texture, you can program 20 or 25 seconds.