Real pesto fans of course swear by preparing the pasta sauce themselves, but if it has to be done quickly, pesto from the jar can also be turned into a real treat with a few little tips.
Pesto from the glass
can become a treat.
Consumers: Tips on how to
best spice up
their
supermarket pesto
.
With a few simple
ingredients
, your pesto will be your own
creation
.
Offenbach - As is so often the case, do-it-yourself pesto is usually much tastier than
pesto sauce from a glass
.
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 1: Don't consider pesto from the supermarket as ready, but spice up your sause 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
to
your pesto
and, if you like,
freshly grated Parmesan
.
A
dash of oil
can also help.
Many pesto lovers also swear by
pine nuts
.
Roast the pine nuts in the
pan over
medium heat until they are light brown and then add them to your sauce from the jar and the supermarket pesto tastes like home-made.
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?
- 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
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 this pesto from the glass only becomes a real treat when you refine it yourself.
(Tobias Möllers)
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