Pestos

Aromatic herb pesto made with fresh herbs and spices, classical pine nuts and mature hard cheese. A little water and GEFRO Olive Oil and your yummy food sensation is ready! An ideal treat for pasta, as a Mediterranean spread, or for marinating, seasoning and adding flavour.

‘Pesto Alla Genovese’, originally coming from Genoa, might just be the best-known pesto and highly associated with the Italian cuisine. Fresh basil leaves, chopped and roasted pine nuts, a lovely, aromatic olive oil (e.g. GEFRO Extra Virgin Olive Oil), grated hard cheese (usually pecorino or Parmesan cheese), garlic, a pinch of salt and maybe even some pepper are mixed together and ground in a mortar to make a pesto.

Depending on your taste and the time of year, traditional basil can be replaced with rocket, ramsons (wild garlic) or chives. Instead of pine nuts, walnuts, cashews or pumpkin seeds can also be used.

To infuse the zingy fresh flavour of veggies into the pesto, merely add courgettes or sweet pepper. Fans of Asian cuisine like throwing in some coriander. Some even like adding chanterelles, button mushrooms, oyster mushrooms or even olives, aubergines, gorgonzola, spinach or fish – an infinite number of possibilities exist.

With our full-flavoured pesto verde, we’ve reinvented the Genoese classic for you – just mix 10 grams of powder to water, then add GEFRO Extra Virgin Olive Oil, mix and enjoy!

With no added sugar or flavour enhancers, this authentic-tasting and healthy treat meets the requirements of a modern and healthy diet whilst also giving a taste kick to your dishes. Protein, carbohydrates and fibre make this appetising sauce a valuable source of energy your body.

The best-known dish is surely spaghetti with pesto verde. GEFRO Pesto Verde is a great addition to refine salads and delicious dips as well as to marinate, season and add flavour to dishes. Feel like experimenting? Then let our delicious pesto recipes inspire you.
3 x pesto
When you think of pesto, you automatically think of Italy. Pesto is a tasty classic and we have three different savoury flavours to offer you. Pesto Verde, Pesto Rosso and Pesto Funghi. The delicious pestos are quick to prepare: all you need is a little water and GEFRO Olive Oil and you’re done! The perfect complement to pasta and much more. GEFRO pestos are also easy to portion. Buy the set of three, save and enjoy!