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Italian Basil Pesto – a tasty sauce for your Pasta

When I have Basil in abundance in the summer, I prepare one of my favorite dishes, which is Cheese Tortellini with a fresh Pesto sauce. It taste best with pasta, but is also delicious with crackers or baked potato

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When I have Basil in abundance in the summer, I prepare one of my favorite dishes, which is Cheese Tortellini with a fresh Pesto sauce. It taste best with pasta, but is also delicious with crackers or baked potato

It is known that the traditional Pesto comes from Liguria, Italy, and was apparently first documented in mid 1860’s as follows:

“You take a clove of garlic, basil (if not available: marjoram and parsley), grated Dutch cheese and Parmesan, as well as pine nuts and grind everything together with a little butter in a mortar until a paste is formed. This is then mixed with plenty of olive oil. This mixture is used to prepare lasagne and gnocchi (Troffie), adding some hot, unsalted water to make the mixture more fluid. ” By Giovanni Battista Ratto

Pesto probably goes back to the Roman Moretum, an ancient Roman cheese spread. According to another theory, pesto is a medieval modification of Garum, which was also originally Roman. According to this, pesto is the first sauce made on the basis of oil.

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Pesto became internationally known through an article published in the New York Times in 1944, which first mentioned the paste in the US media. A recipe was published in 1946 by Angelo Pelligrini in the Sunset Magazine. Frank Sinatra later promoted the product. Many Italian immigrants in Europe that had restaurants made Spaghetti al pesto famous.

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I am born and lived half of my life in Germany (Bavaria), and then the South East of the US. I like to travel, especially in Europe and enjoy the different cultures and the cuisine. I also love to cook, so when I am home, I write about my adventures and recreate the recipes I was served in Restaurants while abroad. I also paint, mainly scenes the landscape and architecture and also have a passion in making Glass Mosaic art (GermaniaDesign.com). I started this Blog because my friends and family have been asking me about my travel adventures and pictures. My Motto: I travel not to escape Life, but for Life not to escape me

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