Italian-Garlic Pesto

Name: Italian-Garlic Pesto
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2 cups (500 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 cloves garlic Garlic; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Pine Nuts; about 6¼ bunches (250 g) Basil; 12 g Pecorino; 1¼ cups (300 ml) Olive Oil; about ⅛ tsp (0.5 g) Salt

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Giorgio Locatelli recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Giorgio Locatelli.

CONDIMENT · PASTA & CROSTINI

In the published recipe, this is the condiment for travel column, byline pesto.

Locatelli's classic Italian pesto for pasta.

On the jar

PESTO

Method: blend
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 6

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Pine Nuts 30 mlOlive Oil 300 ml

Ingredients

Garlic2 cloves garlic
Pine Nuts2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Basilabout 6¼ bunches (250 g)
Pecorino12 g
Olive Oil1¼ cups (300 ml)
Saltabout ⅛ tsp (0.5 g)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Giorgio Locatelli works in Italian / London at Locanda Locatelli; credentials include Michelin 1* (Locanda Locatelli, London).

Originally published as Pesto.

Adapted from a Giorgio Locatelli recipe (Giorgio Locatelli / The Times (travel column, byline pesto)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Giorgio Locatelli / The Times (travel column, byline pesto) (published as “Pesto”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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