HOMEMADE PESTO RIGHT FROM THE GARDEN | BROTHERS CUCINA

pine nuts

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds provide a similar texture and flavor at a lower cost.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grana padano

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Pick a bouquet of basil from the garden.

Salt the water until it tastes like the sea.

Toast the pine nuts carefully, making sure not to burn them.

Grate the parmesan cheese.

Prepare to make the pesto by combining the basil, toasted pine nuts, and grated parmesan cheese.

Top the dish with charred cherry tomatoes from the garden.

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