Alessandro Pistilli Blog - New York City » pesto http://www.apistilli.com In love with Web, Mobile, Music, Cloud Computing, Scalability, Food and Travels. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:05:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 My hand made pesto http://www.apistilli.com/2009/02/14/my-hand-made-pesto/ http://www.apistilli.com/2009/02/14/my-hand-made-pesto/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:51:29 +0000 alessandro http://www.apistilli.com/?p=41 Forget blender and mixer if you’re serious about pesto!

What you need is a mortar, a lot of patience, and a little bit of strenght!

I’m not good with quantity but that’s my way:

- fill the mortar with packed basil leaves (dry).

- Add 1 garlic

- Add some salt

Start working with the mortar untill the basil and the garlic are perfectly chopped and melted together.

At this point add the some pine nuts (pinoli) and keep working with the mortar.

When the pine nuts are melted with the pesto add oil, parmigiano and pecorino cheese.

Fix the flavor with salt and pepper.

To get an idea of the ingredients proportions have a look at this recipe

That’s it!

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