Season with the salt and pepper. Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta until al dente. Drain it and stir the pesto through. Serve, garnished with basil, with plenty of pecorino.
A pasta and pesto dish from Liguria, home of the best basil in Italy, giving us the famous pesto al Genovese. For the pasta, place the flour in a bowl or on a work surface, and make a well in the ...
James Martin whips up a super quick fresh pasta dish (made with his super duper pasta maker!) with wild garlic and basil pesto, ahead of his upcoming tour which he promises will delight and entertain.
Struggling to find fresh herbs to feed his daughters' "green pasta" obsession, Mr Mathew Howe decided to start growing it himself. Years later, the former banker now finds himself growing fresh ...
Pesto is not, as many think, the Italian for ‘paste’. It means to pound, grind or crush, from the Genoese pesta(re), and refers to the method of making the pesto, as we today call the sauce known by ...
Pesto is our go-to pasta sauce year-round, but especially in summer, when fresh basil abounds. Basil's aromatic brightness and vibrant color are the hallmark of this delicious, classic sauce ...
Pesto is usually made with ingredients like pine nuts, basil, garlic, olive oil, and Parmesan cheese. I tend to prefer when those ingredients are fresh in a homemade sauce, but I decided to taste ...