Pesto sauce recipes are simple and easy once you learn the basic pesto recipe. You can make a traditional recipe or a non-traditional pesto recipe.
And by using a marble mortar and pestle, you will release more flavor from your basil leaves.
This gives you a much better tasting pesto sauce recipe to enjoy on your freshly made pasta or pesto as a topping for your pizza.
A marble mortar and pestle has been used for centuries and may actually be the original food processor.
It's great for grinding, pounding, and mashing up just about anything that will fit into its base.
However, most people seem to opt for the food processor or a high speed blender for convenience. Its basically up to you - do you want more flavor or more speed?
This old fashioned "technology" will help your spices and herbs taste much better because the aromas don't get burned off by excessive heat.
A marble
mortar and pestle is the most popular for all around use. It's a
very hard stone which helps it resist absorption of odors and
moisture.
Another reason a marble mortar and pestle is so popular - its substantial weight which makes it easier to grind up hard foods such as nuts.
A mortar and pestle can also be made from stainless steel, ceramic, wood, porcelain, granite, and lava stone.
Learn how to make a basic pesto sauce recipe.
Then you can experiment with other nuts, leafy greens, and oils to create uniquely flavored pesto sauces.
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I use to buy macadamia nut pesto from a farmer's market in Hawaii (which has a lot of macadamia nut trees). It was delicious!
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You could also use macadamia nuts with a really tasty organic olive oil as well.
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You can also omit the salt if you want a lower in salt pesto.
Most hard cheese like Parmigiano Reggiano have an adequate amount of salt added.
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A vegan pesto recipe omits the cheese, but that doesn't mean that it won't taste any less spectacular.
You can use other nuts to make a vegan pesto recipe such as walnuts or macadamia nuts.
And you can even use sunflower seeds if you like in this Vegan pesto sauce recipe.
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Tip: Right after you pick your basil, put it in ice water to minimize any bitterness.
This is something you might want to do if you end up with a ton of basil leaves from your bountiful garden.
And this way, you'll always have some pesto sauce on hand.
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