Pesto is a sauce that traditionally consists of crushed garlic, European pine nuts, coarse salt, basil leaves, and hard cheese such as Parmesan or Pecorino sardo, all blended with olive oil. It originated in Genoa, the capital city of Liguria, Italy.

Contains: Basil Garlic Parmesan Pecorino Romanoit Pine nut
Contained by: Acciughe sotto pestoit Pizza al pesto Genoveseit
Categories: Italian sauce Paste Sauce
Characteristic of: Ligurian cuisine
Also known as:
English: Pesto genovesePesto alla genovese
Wikidata ID: Q9896
Wikipedia title: Pesto
References:
Wikipedia article: Pesto
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