Pesto

🥘 Ingredients

• fresh basil
  50 g
• garlic
  2 cloves
• good extra virgin olive oil
• grated pecorino or parmesan cheese
  20 g
• pasta
  8 oz
• pine nuts
  20 g
• salt

🍳 Cookware

• mortar

1. 1

   Boil water for pasta .

   pasta: 8 oz
2. 2

   Slice garlic and put in mortar with a pinch of salt . Grind until a paste.

   garlic: 2 cloves, salt
3. 3

   Add pine nuts and grind until smooth.

   pine nuts: 20 g
4. 4

   Add fresh basil and grind until smooth.

   fresh basil: 50 g
5. 5

   Add grated pecorino or parmesan cheese and grind until smooth.

   grated pecorino or parmesan cheese: 20 g
6. 6

   Stir in good extra virgin olive oil with wooden spoon until it comes together into a thick, saucy consistency.

   good extra virgin olive oil
7. 7

   Drain pasta, but leave some pasta water.
8. 8

   Stir pesto into pasta. Adjust consistency with pasta water and/or more good extra virgin olive oil .

   good extra virgin olive oil