Thread: I Remember Nonna 6 (pesto on penne)

Inspired me to use fresh basil and garlic in a creamy pasta dish today...

Cheers TC.

Fresh pesto is great!

Cashews do well in pesto when the pine nuts are scarce, too.

Lovely. Cannot green you enough, Nonna.

Very nice, tomcat & chitty.

^^^agree...I've also tried walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios...and nut combos: all tasty...pesto is perhaps the most versatile of pasta sauces...

Originally Posted by tomcat

^^^agree...I've also tried walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios...and nut combos: all tasty...pesto is perhaps the most versatile of pasta sauces...

A filler, a condiment, an additive, a dressing - to a smaller extent, a sauce.
Agreeable regarding the nut intermixing - especially as it applies to basil pesto, where pine nuts [labour intensive] are incredibly expensive per ounce.

Of the pedantic side, "pesto" refers to a technique or style, less a classified cuisine form.

One could easily design a lovely pesto from most anything.
Imaginations going wild.

Well done, TC.

Simple dishes are always a winner.

wtf where did my post go from yesterday? Was saying fresh pesto is better that in a jar terribly offensive to some MOD, this is getting beyond odd.

Originally Posted by NamPikToot

wtf where did my post go from yesterday? Was saying fresh pesto is better that in a jar terribly offensive to some MOD, this is getting beyond odd.

...no idea what happened to your post, but agree completely...just the smell of industrial pesto is off-putting...

Arjen take over bud. Chitty stamp it out.

Nice bowl.

Nonna doesn't seem to have been keen on meat in her dishes ... or perhaps TC just doesn't remember much of the meat dishes.

Originally Posted by Neverna

Nonna doesn't seem to have been keen on meat-in-sauce in her dishes ... or perhaps TC just doesn't remember much of the meat dishes.

...Nonna's sausage and meatballs in tomato sauce were about the extent of her meat-in-sauces dishes. I've already done the sausage recipe...if the sequester lasts long enough, I'll post her chicken cacciatore with fettuccine. For right now, however, only the lightest and simplest sauces that she could throw together quickly when grandchildren popped in unexpectedly for lunch...

Thanks, TC.