pesto

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Definition of pesto in English English dictionary

A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually Pecorino)

[Italian] a delicious sauce used for pastas, grilled meats, and poultry This is made of fresh basil, garlic, olive oil, and parmesan cheese Some versions will also add parsley and walnuts or pine nuts The ingredients are ground into a paste and moistened with the olive oil Pesto is also used to describe similar sauces that contain other herbs or nuts

An uncooked sauce made by grinding fresh basil, garlic, parmesan cheese and olive oil into a paste The term pesto is used to describe similar sauces containing other herbs and nuts, usually pine nuts Pesto originated in Genoa, Italy

Basil, garlic, cheese and pine nut paste

Italian a sauce of crushed basil leaves, pine nuts

A delicious sauce used for pastas, grilled meats, and poultry This is made of fresh basil, garlic, olive oil, and parmesan cheese Some versions will also add parsley and walnuts or pine nuts The ingredients are ground into a paste and moistened with the olive oil Pesto is also used to describe similar sauces that contain other herbs or nuts

{i} green Italian sauce (made with ground basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan cheese and olive oil)

Pesto is an Italian sauce made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, cheese, and olive oil. a sauce made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil, and cheese (pestare )

Etymology

[ 'pes-(")tO ] (noun.) 1937. 1937, from Italian pesto, contraction of pestato, form of pestare (“to pound in a mortar”). Cognate to pestle.“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001