Basic pesto sauce

What could be better than a good dish of pasta with pesto.This is the version I do without potatoes and green beans but it's always very tasty!!!


ingredients for my basic pesto:
a large bunch of basil
1 clove of garlic
salt
black pepper
1 tbs of pinenuts
2 0 3 tbs of grated parmesan cheese,also pecorino cheese is perfect with this sauce
a good amount of evoo

Method
so simple..put all ingredients in a mixer and reduce them to a puree,if the puree results too dry add more oil that's all!!!bon appetit

Comfort food

Well today is a really strange weather,we had 32 degrees with high level of humidity...that's hell!!!
Now I'm in the kitchen,I'm very lucky I have a kitchen really cool,making something comforting:pasta with puttanesca sauce mmmm the smell is good and I can't wait to eat it.
Here my recipe for puttanesca sauce:

a good splash of evoo
3 anchovy fillets
crushed garlic
1 tbs of salted capers
2 tsp of black olive paste
tomato puree,passata di pomodoro

 



pasta alla puttanesca ready to eat :-P

 Method:

Put oil in a cold big pan then add garlic,anchovies and let warm up until anchovies melt then add tomato puree,olive paste and desalted capers  all chopped.Let cook for 15 min at medium heat.Bon appetit!!!