A creamy pesto sauce recipe made in minutes

This creamy pesto sauce recipe is very common to serve with pasta, but it also goes well with pasta in general, salads, meats and is an excellent appetizer option, check it out now!

For us, making a sauce has the purpose of giving more flavor and juiciness to recipes, being made with various types of ingredients. white sauce with tomato sauce  There are several preparations.

Here's one creamy pesto sauce recipe which is a tradition that comes from Italy, specifically from Genoa, in the northern region of Italy.

So follow along right now to learn how to make this sauce so that it has an impressive creaminess!

Ingredients to prepare creamy pesto sauce:

• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 cup (tea) fresh basil leaves
• 3 teaspoons pine nuts or shelled walnuts
• 100 g grated pecorino or parmesan cheese
• 1/2 cup (tea) of olive oil
• black pepper to taste

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

1. First, peel the garlic cloves, then squeeze them and place them in a bowl. Add a teaspoon of salt and mix well.
2. Then, crush the pine nuts (or walnuts), either in a food processor, with a pestle or with your hands, and add garlic and salt to this mixture.
3. As soon as you wash the basil leaves, once they are dry, chop them finely and then add them to the same bowl as the mixture, mixing them all together.
4. Now add the cheese and olive oil, mixing well to form a consistent paste.
5. Finally, just season with a pinch of black pepper and store in sterilized glass jars.

Additional Information:

• Preparation: A more practical way to make this recipe is to blend it in a blender. To do this, place all the ingredients in a blender and blend, and it's ready!
• Storage: Pesto sauce can be stored in the refrigerator to make it last longer, in sterilized glass jars, lasting up to 1 month.

Creamy pesto sauce, besides being simple, is a recipe that goes well with countless dishes. We have listed some possibilities…

• Pesto pasta
• Penne with pesto sauce and ricotta (wholemeal)
• Bruschetta with pesto sauce
• Penne with shrimp
• Sun-dried tomato risotto
• Penne and arugula salad
• Simple toasts

But as with any recipe, this sauce can be modified with ingredients to your taste.

Even more so because Italians love to make these variations with pesto. Especially with meat, pasta and fish…

Another recipe in this style is soup in Italian bread, which is full of flavor and practicality!