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Pesto Sauce Recipe Made with a Marble Mortar and Pestle
A pesto sauce recipe is fun and easy once you learn how to make pesto. You can make a traditional recipe or a vegan pesto recipe.
Using a marble mortar and pestle can release more flavor and give you a better tasting pesto to enjoy.
Once your learn how to make pesto, you can then experiment with various herbs, nuts, spices, and even vegetables to create a unique flavored pesto.
A vegan pesto recipe omits the cheese, but that doesn't mean that it won't taste any less spectacular.
How to Make Pesto
Marble Mortar and Pestle
A mortar and pestle has be used for centuries and may actually be the original food processor. Its great for grinding, pounding, and mashing up just about anything that will fit into the base.
This old fashioned gadget will help spices and herbs taste much better because the aromas don't get burned off by excessive heat.
A mortar and pestle can also be made from stainless steel, ceramic, wood, porcelain, granite, and lava stone.
A marble mortar and pestle is probably the favorite for all around use. It is a very hard stone which helps it resist absorption of odors and moisture.
Another reason marble is so popular is its substantial weight which makes it easier to grind up hard foods such as nuts.
Although, most people seem to opt for the food processor or high speed blender for convenience. Its basically up to you - do you want more taste or more speed?
How to Freeze Pesto
I would not use canola oil - not ever. It is on my list of "strange substances that are not really edible".
I love the idea of using butter in your pesto and you could even use a raw butter to make it a raw pesto. Butter probably will help it to freeze better as well.
Vegan Pesto Recipe and Raw Pasta
You can use various nuts to make a vegan pesto recipe such as almonds, pecans, and even macadamia nuts.
Also, using cilantro and parsley instead of basil might be an interesting change of taste. Whatever you do - make sure to use a good
Olive Oil.
