Lettuce Leaf Basil Pesto: The fastest, most authentic recipe
For me, nothing in a garden beats the smell of basil. It gives me vivid flashbacks to my nonna making sauce, to my mother making sauce, and now, to me making sauce. Being Calabrese, pesto isn't part of our usual cuisine rolodex. We let the Northerners keep their green paste. However, I'd be lying if I didn't say I enjoy a good pesto from time to time (just don't tell my parents). We grow both sweet basil and lettuce leaf basil in our yard. For this particular recipe, I used t