Real pesto fans swear by preparing the pasta sauce themselves.
But if you have to move quickly, the pesto from the jar can also be really delicious - with these tips
Pesto from the jar
can
turn from
a boring
pasta sauce
to a treat.
With a few simple
ingredients
, pesto becomes your own
creation
.
Tips for
consumers
on the best ways to spice up
their
supermarket pesto
.
Offenbach - As is so often the case, do-it-yourself pesto is usually much tastier than
pasta sauce in a jar
.
But if
you don't have the
time or
ingredients
to prepare
your
own
sauce
, pesto from the jar can also spice up your food.
There are just a few tips you need to follow for this.
Tip: Don't consider pesto from the supermarket as ready, but spice up your sauce with a few simple ingredients.
You can refine pesto from the jar with a few simple ingredients and movements.
Just
add
a little
fresh basil
and, if you like,
freshly grated Parmesan
to
your pesto
.
A
dash of oil
can also help.
Many pesto lovers also swear by
pine nuts
.
Toast the pine nuts in the
pan over
medium heat until light brown, then add them to your sauce from the jar.
The supermarket pesto already tastes like homemade.
Delicious ingredients for your pesto from the glass
Fresh basil
Freshly grated parmesan
A dash of oil
Roasted pine nuts
Pesto from the glass: create your own with a few simple tricks
For the popular green
pesto alla Genovese
, there are a few more tips
to spice up
your
pasta sauce from the jar
into a unique creation: fry chopped
tomatoes
,
onions
and a little
garlic
with
oil
.
Then add the pesto from the glass and mix it with your secret ingredients.
You have your very own pesto.
Pesto!
Sorry
I don't have the Pandora's glass in the house đ
- Lifetime fan Elena G. |
NDS (@Helmutsdottir) October 30, 2020
Tip: Do you prefer it spicy or sweet? Spice up your pesto with Italian herbs.
You can also easily
spice up
your pesto from the jar with
fresh Italian herbs
: simply
mix
thyme
or
oregano
with your
pasta
and mix these spices well with the pesto from the jar.
Would you prefer sweet or sour pesto from the glass?
There is something for every taste
Do you like it sweet?
Then you can
enhance
your pesto with
a little cream
.
Heat it up and then add your
pesto
from the glass and mix it with it.
If you like it a bit spicier, you can also
grab
a pinch of pepper
or
chopped hot peppers
.
And your pesto no longer tastes like a finished product from the supermarket.
Tip: Don't just grab the most expensive pesto.
Surprisingly, in a
test by Stiftung Warentest
this year, the expensive
pesto sauces
in the jar did not do particularly well.
On the other hand,
Hilcona's
Fresh Pesto
Basilico
received good grades
.
Pesto Verde from Aldi Nord / Casa Morando and Pesto alle Genovese from Rewe landed just behind the test winner.
But these pestos from the glass only become a real treat when you refine them yourself.
The easiest dish in the world?
When cooking pasta, we all make more mistakes than you think.
Seven pasta faux pas should be avoided.
And a pasta strainer is often used quite inefficiently in the household.
With a simple trick, cooking pasta becomes much easier.
(Tobias Möllers)
