Pesto alla Sunshine Kitchen
Pesto alla Sunshine Kitchen
Equipment
- 1 blender
Ingredients
- 84 gr fresh basil washed
- ⅓ cup fresh parsley washed
- ½ cup cashews you also can use pin nuts, peanuts, peeled almonds.
- 1/4 cup olive oil extra virgin
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 lemon
Instructions
- In a blender, combine the basil, parsley, cashews, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper and pulse until everything is well chopped.
- Serve the pesto salsa with your favorite pasta or use it to flavor your favorite zucchini noodles' recipe.
Notes
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings: 12 | |
| Amount per serving | |
| Calories | 71 |
| % Daily Value* | |
| Total Fat 6.9g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat 1.1g | 6% |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 21mg | 1% |
| Total Carbohydrate 2.3g | 1% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.3g | 1% |
| Total Sugars 0.3g | |
| Protein 1.1g | |
| Vitamin D 0mcg | 0% |
| Calcium 16mg | 1% |
| Iron 1mg | 3% |
| Potassium 55mg | 1% |
Pesto has become the favorite one for many gastronomy lovers. This Italian sauce strikes that rare balance between boldness and tastiness.
Therefore, pesto sauce will be always a good option for your pasta. And because its dense and homogeneous consistency, plus its unique mix of flavor, it will make of this recipe a MUST companion for many other dishes I’ll be listing below.
The Sunshine Kitchen has inspired on this delightful Italian sauce and we have made our own pesto recipe.
We have called to our sauce, Pesto alla Sunshine Kitchen that still keeps the nutty+olive oil+fresh herbs flavor.
For this recipe, I am using the citrus juice of a lemon and I am excluding the Parmesan cheese. It is so delicious!!
Its flavor can be used in many dishes not only in pasta. You can use it as a sauce for your zucchini noodles or to spread on your bread. It matches well with chicken or turkey hamburgers and Mediterranean pizza. The ideas of how to use this fantastic sauce are infinite!
Roman Origins
It is thought that this sauce has its beginnings with the ancient Romans who enjoyed a special crushed paste of cheese, garlic and herbs known as moretum to fancy their dishes. (Source)
From Genoa With Love
One of the most known version of pesto sauce is from Ligurian, a region in Northwest Italy whose main city is Genoa.
For Ligurian, this sauce has become a staple in their culinary tradition. Many families make its own pesto recipe that has slightly differences to the traditional ingredients.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CLASSIC PESTO SAUCE AND THE PESTO ALLA SUNSHINE KITCHEN.
- To prepare an authentic Pesto alla Genovesa requires a marble mortal and pestle. The traditional ingredients are basil, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, pine nuts, parmessan and coarse salt.
- To prepare Pesto alla Sunshine Kitchen you will need a blender to mix all the ingredients: basil, parsley, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, the juice of a lemon, cashews (but you also can use pine nuts) and sea salt.
Previous preparation for Pesto alla Sunshine Kitchen.
- Wash your herbs well. I soak mine in white vinegar with water. For a half cup of white vinegar you will need 1 cup of water. Let it sit for 5 minutes or more.
- Mince the two cloves of garlic and have all your ingredients measured and ready to use
Pesto alla Sunshine Kitchen
Equipment
- 1 blender
Ingredients
- 84 gr fresh basil washed
- ⅓ cup fresh parsley washed
- ½ cup cashews you also can use pin nuts, peanuts, peeled almonds.
- 1/4 cup olive oil extra virgin
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 lemon
Instructions
- In a blender, combine the basil, parsley, cashews, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper and pulse until everything is well chopped.
- Serve the pesto salsa with your favorite pasta or use it to flavor your favorite zucchini noodles' recipe.
Notes
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings: 12 | |
| Amount per serving | |
| Calories | 71 |
| % Daily Value* | |
| Total Fat 6.9g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat 1.1g | 6% |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 21mg | 1% |
| Total Carbohydrate 2.3g | 1% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.3g | 1% |
| Total Sugars 0.3g | |
| Protein 1.1g | |
| Vitamin D 0mcg | 0% |
| Calcium 16mg | 1% |
| Iron 1mg | 3% |
| Potassium 55mg | 1% |