23: Pesto, made for my lunch today in a pestle and mortar,...

Pesto, made for my lunch today in a pestle and mortar, from basil grown on my kitchen windowsill. And very nice it was, too...!

14 comments so far...

Euzkerika Orozco July 31, 2009, 01:42 PM

It looks absolutely delicious!!

Did you used it with pasta? Or maybe a sliced tomato salad?

StevieB July 31, 2009, 01:54 PM

Pasta - boring, but nice!! :)

Euzkerika Orozco July 31, 2009, 02:40 PM

Boring?? Not at all!! :D Sounds yuuummmyyyy

..you know, if you ever get bored of pasta, try fresh made (if you do it your self even better ;D ) pasta... I looooove pesto with fresh made sepia tagliatelle! ;D

Deeeelicious!!

StevieB July 31, 2009, 02:48 PM

Sound like a good idea! Actually, when I said "boring", I suppose I really meant "unimaginative"! When you say "sepia" tagliatelle, do you mean wholemeal?

HasseN Norling July 31, 2009, 03:01 PM

I think it´s black pasta!

HasseN Norling July 31, 2009, 03:06 PM

Colored whith the "ink" from a sepia - cuttlefish. But I´m not sure 8)

Euzkerika Orozco July 31, 2009, 03:28 PM

HasseN is right, I meant the one that is colored with ink :))

dhania July 31, 2009, 03:33 PM

basil is such a great herb, I just bought a bunch to make snapper with basil vinaigrette - the smell is almost intoxicating. Homemade pesto rocks!

StevieB July 31, 2009, 04:08 PM

Thanks, Hans, for your information, and Euz, for your confirmation! :)

Yes, home-made pesto blows the bought stuff out of the water! And making it in a mortar and pestle rather than a food processor adds to the pleasure. Like grinding your coffee beans in a manual coffee-grinder, there's something about using a slow and deliberate method that makes the whizz-bang of electric kitchen equipment seem almost alienating!

dhania July 31, 2009, 04:37 PM

well I have to admit when it comes to coffee I prefer the whizz-bang and precision of a good burr grinder. But I love mortar and pestle for spice pastes...

StevieB July 31, 2009, 04:57 PM

Oh, I agree about the burr grinder - it's just that I prefer my manual, hand-cranked one to one with a motor!