Red Pesto Sauce

 Ingredients:

Tomatoes- 4-5

Red bell pepper- 2

Pine nuts/Walnuts- half cup

Basil leaves- a little less than half cup (blanched)

Garlic- 3-4 cloves

Pepper- 1 tablespoon

Salt- as per taste

Extra virgin olive oil- 6-8 tablespoon

Parmesan cheese- half cup (grated)

Method:

Roast the tomatoes and bell pepper on oven top. Switch off the flame and cool the vegetables down.

De-skin and deseed the tomatoes and bell pepper and add in a food processor.

Add pinenuts/ walnuts, blanched basil leaves, garlic to the tomatoes and bell pepper and blend till it turns into a smooth paste.

Transfer it to a bowl. Add salt, pepper and olive oil and mix.

Finally, add the parmesan cheese and mix into a smooth creamy red pesto sauce

You may also add different herbs as per your choice.

 

How To Store Red Pesto Sauce:

You can store this sauce for 3-4 days in refrigerator; but in that case, avoid adding cheese to it. Take a sterilised air-tight glass jar; pour the sauce in it and cover with olive oil. Close the lid and keep in your fridge.

How To Make Pasta In Red Pesto Sauce:

Step 1. Boil some pasta; preferably spaghetti.

Step 2. Saute some veggies in olive oil.

Step 3. Add the boiled spaghetti, red pesto sauce and mix. Adjust seasoning as per taste.

So if you are in a mood to have something fancy today, you just know what to do. Bon Appétit!

 

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