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pesto

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Cultural layer

Origin

Genoa, Liguria; basil, pine nut, garlic, Parmigiano, pecorino and Ligurian olive oil pounded in a marble mortar with a wooden pestle

Routes

A Ligurian coastal preparation formalised in the nineteenth century; now a global industrial sauce, usually made with cashew or sunflower seed rather than pine nut

Context

Pesto means pounded, and the name is an instruction: the mortar bruises the basil and releases oil, while a blade blade oxidises it and turns it dark. The jarred version substitutes cheaper nuts and stabilises the colour. It is a perfectly good sauce and it is not the thing the word describes. The method was the recipe.

Route

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