Pesto Trapanese

Name: Pesto Trapanese
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2 cups (450 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 3/4 lb cherry (~2 1/2 cups) (340 g) Tomato; 12 large leaves (12 g) Basil; 1/3 cup whole, lightly toasted (45 g) Almonds; 1 plump clove Garlic; 1/4 tsp (0.5 g) Red Pepper; 1/2 tsp kosher (3 g) Salt; 1/2 cup (120 ml) Olive Oil; 1/2 cup Grana Padano for tossing (50 g) Parmesan

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

CONDIMENT · SPAGHETTI & PASTA

In the published recipe, this is the condiment for spaghetti.

Bastianich's pesto trapanese for spaghetti, pasta.

On the jar

PESTO

Method: blend
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 8

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Olive Oil 120 ml

Ingredients

Tomato3/4 lb cherry (~2 1/2 cups) (340 g)
Basil12 large leaves (12 g)
Almonds1/3 cup whole, lightly toasted (45 g)
Garlic1 plump clove
Red Pepper1/4 tsp (0.5 g)
Salt1/2 tsp kosher (3 g)
Olive Oil1/2 cup (120 ml)
Parmesan1/2 cup Grana Padano for tossing (50 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

Italian-American chef of Felidia in New York; James Beard Outstanding Cookbook and Who's Who. Istria-rooted cooking taught widely on public television.

Adapted from a recipe published by Lidia Bastianich in Lidia's Italy.

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 Lidia's Italy (published as “Pesto Trapanese”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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