Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

  • About

Pesto is a magical basil-based raw sauce that is made in seconds in a food processor, but tastes really sensational. It is classically served with a dried pasta like spaghetti, but is also delicious in a bean soup or as an addition to other sauces. It can also be added to mashed potatoes or baked on half tomatoes in the oven with fresh breadcrumbs to make a light and delicious gratin.

If you don’t use it all immediately, it will keep in a kilner jar in the fridge for at least a mont