Pesto alla trapanese

Serves 4
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Directions

  1. 1Peel the tomatoes and cut them.
  2. 2Add garlic, salt, basil and almonds to the mortar.
  3. 3Crush the ingredients together until a fragrant and homogeneous paste is obtained.
  4. 4Add the crushed tomatoes and mix everything.
  5. 5Pour in the extra virgin olive oil, continuing to mix until it becomes nice and creamy.
  6. 6Cook the busiate in plenty of salted water.
  7. 7When ready, drain and season with the pesto.
  8. 8Serve with a generous sprinkling of mollica atturrata and, if you like, grated Parmesan.

Ingredients

  • 500 g busiate pasta
  • 15 red tomatoes
  • 10 basil leaves
  • 25 toasted almonds
  • 4 red garlic cloves
  • q.b. fine salt
  • q.b. extra virgin olive oil
  • breadcrumbs
  • olive oil
  • salt
  • grated Parmesan
  • fried potatoes
  • fried eggplants
  • sausage

Equipment

mortarpestlebowlsknifeforkspoonpotpan

Tips

  • Remove the core from the garlic to make it more delicate.
  • Toast the breadcrumbs in a pan with a little olive oil and salt, stirring constantly to avoid burning them.