PESTO ALLA GENOVESE

here are plenty of pestos available on our supermarket shelves and in specialist stores, with many variations on the authentic recipe too. It appears we have an appetite for pesto sauces made from mint, peas, aubergine, chilli, sun-dried tomatoes, and the list goes on. For this issue of however, we have decided to revisit the most celebrated iteration, classic . From the verb , meaning to pound, the basil, garlic, pine nuts and Parmesan, not every choice you see here has abided by this age-old recipe, reflected in their varying price points, but nonetheless we were happy to discover a very palatable range.