Description
With the best basil we get this particular product.
The recipe is traditional, always in the summer was “crushed” to get this fantastic basil sauce.
It ‘a product ready to be enjoyed both on bruschetta or on pasta.
The first example of pesto was in Roman times and was known as Moretum.
The very first recipe for pesto goes back to the nineteenth century.
Elementary information
Name of product: Organic green pesto
Category: organic pesto
Net weight: 130 g.
Ingredients: basil, extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts, sea salt, lemon juice.
Raw material
Origin: Italy
Variety: Basil (Ocymum basilicum L.)
Way of cultivation: organic certified
Climatic context at the harvest : Dry
Period of the harvest: August
Way of picking: manual
Varietal characteristic
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Basil (Ocinum Basilicum) is part of the family of Laminacee.
It is an annual plant, herbaceous, shrub and sometimes from the stem erect, branched at the top leafy tall bushes growing at 40 to 50 cm.
The leaves are bright green and rather fleshy, are oval with toothed margins, the surface is glabrous and shiny, sometimes bullous.
The leaves have digestive, antispasmodic, aromatic, anti-inflammatory propriety.
Basil is one of the vegetables typical for the Italian culinary tradition.
The leaf has a fresh sweet smell, it is good to enhance the flavor of fresh tomatoes and olive oil. Cooking enhances the flavor strong, widely used in the preparation of preserves and liqueurs.