Recipes containing pesto

Pesto Alfredo Sauce Recipe

Alfredo sauce enjoys quite popularity in the United States and is often considered a typical Italian recipe. This is not false, yet most Italians are not familiar with Alfredo sauce. On the other hand, Pesto is a genuine Italian dish, very popular in the country of its origin and we can use it to spice up our Alfredo sauce. Typically, pesto is green and based on basil, yet there is a red one, pesto rosso, too. The latter is made with sun dried tomatoes.
Traditionally, Pesto is made with pestle and mortar, Parmesan cheese, pine nuts, garlic and basil. Today, we have food processors, which will save us some work, for the following Pesto Alfredo sauce you could even use a bought Pesto. Read more