Cipriani Food
Cipriani Organic Basil Pesto
An organic Italian pesto that lets basil lead, made without garlic or cheese. Cipriani combines basil with oils, pine nuts and a little lemon for a savory sauce you can fold through pasta or spread onto warm bread.
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Tasting notes
Basil leads — 55% of the jar — with pine nuts, oils and a little lemon, and no garlic or cheese, which keeps it green and clean rather than heavy. Toss with any Cipriani pasta or Flour + Water penne, spoon over burrata or grilled fish, or stir into a minestrone at the table.
About Cipriani
Giuseppe Cipriani opened Harry’s Bar in Venice in 1931 and gave the world the Bellini there in 1948. The family’s food line brings that table home. This pesto is unusual: 55% basil, pine nuts, lemon and oils, with no garlic and no cheese, so it tastes of the leaf first and can be finished at the table with as much Parmesan as you like — or none, which also makes it dairy-free.
How to enjoy
- Stir through cooked pasta off the heat.
- Spread on crostini or sandwiches.
- Spoon onto grilled vegetables.
Details
- Made in Italy
- Net weight: 130 g (4.59 oz)
- Made without garlic or cheese; refrigerate after opening
Ingredients
Basil (55%), sunflower oil, potato flakes, extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts, sea salt, lemon juice. Agricultural ingredients are organic.
Contains pine nuts.
Questions
Why no garlic or cheese? So the basil leads, and so the sauce keeps its green color and suits more tables. Add grated Parmesan at the end if you want the Genoese version.
Do I heat it? No. Stir it into hot pasta off the heat with a spoon of the cooking water; heat dulls the basil.
How many servings? A jar dresses a 250 g packet of pasta with a little to spare for tomorrow’s sandwich.
