Pesto Siciliano
By: Pastagirlrecipes
Published: Friday, July 30, 2010 - 1:44pm

Ingredients




2 cups fresh mint leaves
2 cloves of fresh garlic
4 plum tomatoes skinned and seeded
3 ounces of blanched almonds
1/2 cup of Pecorino cheese shredded or grated
1/4 teaspoon crushed red peppers
Olive Oil
Salt to taste

Preparation

1 Add all the Almonds and mint to the food processor and blend until smooth. 2 Now add the remaining ingredients except the Olive Oil and the pecorino to a food processor and blend. 3 Stop the processor occasionally to scrap the side and repeat until smooth. 4 Scrap the mixture into a bowl and add the pecorini cheese, then drizzle with Olive Oil while you mix in by hand with a spoon until blended to the consistency you like. 5 Not too Oliy for this pesto recipe though.

About


There are so many different types of pesto recipes and depending on the region of Italy you are in you might find when you order a pesto sauce.  The list is endless, like most Italian pasta recipes, for pesto's. 
This one utilizes all the local ingredients typical to Sicily. Mint, Almonds, garlic and because Southern Italian recipes tend to like it with a little heat, some crushed red peppers.