Samuel Goldsmith

Pesto alla Trapenese

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Tinned Tomatoes Cookbook: 100 everyday recipes using the most versatile ingredient in your kitchen
The Tinned Tomatoes Cookbook

By Samuel Goldsmith

Published 2024

  • About

A Sicilian twist on the classic Genovese basil pesto, this is a tomato-based pesto. Using tinned tomatoes means you can enjoy this sauce all year round.

Ingredients

  • 50 g (1¾ oz) blanched almonds
  • 2 garlic cloves

Method

Toast the almonds in a dry frying pan (skillet) for a few minutes until lightly golden. Give the pan a shake every now and then, watching to ensure the almonds don’t burn.

Put all the ingredients, including the almonds, into a food processor and blitz to a coarse paste. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper and briefly blitz again.

Cook the pasta according to the